to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
roost; nest; pad; crib; one's home
to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty
important matter; requirement; requisite; necessary condition
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
Mister Donut (fast food franchise) (abbr.)
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...
publicly predicting the future developments of a creative work (making it difficult for the creator to use those ideas)
age thirty; one's thirties
all year round; all the time; year in and year out
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
(animal making a) monstrous apparition
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
visualization; rendering visible (e.g. a problem); digitization
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
such a thing; something like that
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
very strange; bizarre; weird; mysterious
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
old-fashioned; archaic; antique; antiquated
old-fashioned; behind the times; out-of-date; antiquated
regarding oneself (as); fancying oneself (as); seeing oneself (as); considering oneself (to be); pretension
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity
jumbling together; lumping together; mixing up
home position; origin; usual place (for something)
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot
only; merely; but; no more than