compensation; equivalent value; consideration
sensational; inflammatory; incendiary; (sexually) suggestive; lascivious
to backfire; to have a harmful result
black; black stone; guilt; guilty person
to get goosebumps; to be deeply moved (so that one gets goosebumps); to get chills; to feel shivers
already; now; no longer; not any more
strong pressure; heavy pressure
fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
weeping; sobbing; softly (crying); with a prolonged dull pain; having a griping pain
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
to make up one's mind; to calm oneself; to be patient; to endure
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
narrator; storyteller; reciter
hearer; listener; audience; interviewer; questioner
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment
One Thousand and One Nights; Arabian Nights
New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia)
sincere; earnest; serious
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
fingernail mark; scratch; scars (e.g. of war); traces (of damage); ravages
marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)
remainder; remnant; the rest; what is left; balance; leftovers
work; business; company; study
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
at; in; at; when; by; with
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
to wake; to wake up; to wear off (of drunkenness, anaesthesia, etc.); to regain consciousness; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
half a lifetime; half one's life; one's life so far
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart