target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.); coverage
reverie; meditation; anxiety; thought; pensiveness
(facial) expression (esp. fierce, fearless, sinister, etc.); look
cunning (acquired with age); astute; crafty; sly; wily
head; brains; intellect; understanding
assumption; supposition; hypothesis; supposition
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear); fearfully; anxiously
bottomless; endlessly deep; infinite
to show through; to be hinted at; to peek through; to shine through
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
to desire; to want; to expect (of someone); to hope for; to see; to command (a view of)
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
main street; avenue; boulevard
range (of a voice or instrument); register; compass
to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
downtown high-rise area; street of office buildings; area of medium to tall business buildings
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
propensity; tendency; inclination; deflection
miasma ("bad air" formerly believed to cause disease)
to turn; to shift; to switch; to change; to alter
sign; indication; omen; symptom
spiritual vein; spiritual current; ley line; occult channel
right above; just above; directly above; directly overhead
if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well
transition; changeover; switchover; transfer (of powers, weight, etc.); shift (e.g. of centre of gravity)
society; the world; the times
to throw into disorder; to disarrange; to disturb (order, peace, etc.); to corrupt (public morals); to dishevel (hair)
number of cases, incidents, items, messages, accounts, etc.
sharp increase; sudden rise
lately; recently; nowadays; terribly; awfully; extremely
appearance; emergence; advent; arrival; showing up; coming to existence
distant place; faraway location; far away
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to blackmail; to extort; to shake down
wistful; desirous of; hungry-looking; greedy-looking
call; summons; convening; convocation
temporary transfer (of an employee); secondment; relocation; proceeding to; leaving for
resolution of an incident; solution to a (criminal) case