splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
fault; trouble; damage (to a part of the body); injury; problem; hitch
for a long time; since long ago; always; already; far in advance (e.g. reservation)
last week; the week before
now that; since; so long as; because
as usual; as is one's habit
absurd; nonsensical; preposterous
to lay (something) face down; to place upside down; to point downwards (one's eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (one's eyes); to lay (oneself) face down; to lie face down; to conceal
to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
undeserved good luck; luck of the devil; dumb luck; bad luck
immediately; right away; on the spot
matter (to attend to); business; affair; use; need
to endeavor (to do); to endeavour; to try hard; to work hard; to strive; to make an effort
near oneself; close to one; familiar
to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to be promoted
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; reinforcement
to (enter and) sit down; to plop oneself down; to plant oneself down; to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit in (in protest)
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
operation; functioning; running
spinning rapidly; turning quickly; fast-forward (VCR, etc.); scanning
careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate
pull; patronage; tug; room to move the camera back; drawing back; pulling back
to fall into someone's hands; to place oneself in someone's power
to writhe (in pain); to be in agony; to be anguished; to be agonized; to be troubled
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (a burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe
exactly right!; indeed; damn straight
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
narrow (blade); slender (figure, build); thin
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
figure; body shape; build; somatotype; biotype; habitus
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; of course; definitely
(school) grade; year; class; grade; kyu (junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre
trick; plot device; mystery-fiction trope
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
misrecognition; mistaking (x for y)