only; merely; just; at most; no more than
life and death; life or death
profit and loss; advantage and disadvantage
taking no notice (of); thinking nothing of; disregarding; not aware of; completely ignoring; being out of consideration
important person; strategic person; key figure
growing impudent; becoming arrogant; getting stuck-up; becoming more severe (esp. regarding something bad); increasing
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
mysterious; bewitching; alluring; enticing; enchanting
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
preface; introduction; lead in (to a joke, question, etc.); lead up; payment in advance (by bank transfer); swinging (one's body) forward
heap; pile; stack; full measure
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
maker; builder; creator; tenant farmer
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
a disgrace (to a whole group of people)
treasury; treasure house; storehouse; treasure trove; rich source (of)
one's cherished opinion; pet theory
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
revengeful ghost; apparition
yoke; constraints; oppression
to escape from; to get out
location (of something); whereabouts; hiding place
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
kiss; squeak (as in the sound made by mice); sound of liquid being sucked up
freely; right and left; as one pleases
eternalness; forever unchanging; distant land over the sea; world of the dead
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
reorganization; reorganisation; reshuffle
to bite and tear; to bite a hole in
cracks or fissures in the ground
to surge like an avalanche; to flood; to swarm; to stampede