confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
losing easily; being trounced; being beaten hands down
subsidence; sinking; fall (of a city, fortress, etc.); surrender; fall (in position, rank, etc.); demotion
important person; strategic person; key figure
(oral) message; declaration; hearsay; rumour; rumor
arrangement; pact; agreement
violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement
boarding; lodging; board and lodging; boarding house; lodging house; lodgings
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
territory; domain; field; area; domain; region
transcendence; excellence; superiority; super; extremely; awfully
even more; still more; one step; one rung; one paragraph; one passage
uninhabited area; acting inhumanly; inhuman person; nonhuman life (usu. sentient)
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
main point; essential point; important thing; necessity; need; requirement
three countries; Three Kingdoms (in China, 220 CE-280 CE); Three Kingdoms (in Korea, 57 BCE-668 CE); (arch.) Japan, China and India; (arch.) Japan, Korea and China
split; division; break up
reason; circumstances; grounds; because of; due to; as a result of
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (at); to fling (at); to vent (e.g. one's anger); to express (one's feelings)
back street; back alley; off-street
medium; mediocrity; average
simple substance (e.g. chemical); something standing alone; separate item; solo item
so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense
doll; puppet; marionette; puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man
to fall flat; to fall face down
sea of blood; pool of blood
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
to put to bed; to let sleep; to lay (something) down; to put on its side; to let (money, goods, etc.) lie idle; to set aside unused
encompassing; covering (exhaustively); including (all of); comprising; comprehending
pride of place; most prominent; top-ranking
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
broken; interrupted; disconnected; intermittent; fragmentary; discontinuous
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying