surrounding at a distance
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
spot; point; place; position
serious criminal; heinous criminal
dizziness (from standing up too fast); orthostatic syncope; lightheadedness; vertigo
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; good night
receiving; getting; eating; drinking; please (give me; do for me)
superficial; apparent; seeming; surface; cosmetic
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting
shrewd; astute; cunning; alert
to slip out (e.g. of a comment, remark, etc.); to utter unintentionally; to pour from one's lips (of words); to flow freely (of speech); to rush out of one's mouth
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
to see without obstruction; to get an unobstructed view (of); to see into (someone's thoughts); to read (someone's feelings, intentions, etc.); to foresee; to predict
naturally; not surprisingly; it should be appreciated that; understandably; as a matter of course; as is obvious
at the time; in those days; then
vacant post; vacancy; post in name only
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
ramification; branching off
gap; narrow space between things; valley; gorge; loophole (in a castle wall); arrow slit
to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about
to step forward; to take a step forward; to start on a project, etc.; to take the first step with
place for dancing; dance floor; landing (of a staircase); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); cooling off
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
wedge; chock; linchpin; tie; bond
to assemble; to put together; to set up; to form (words, sentences, etc.)
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
to the extent possible; as much as possible; as far as possible; whenever possible; wherever possible; if (at all) possible
invalid; void; ineffective; unavailable
eye measurement; measure with eye
persistent; stubborn; sticky; viscous; viscous temperament (in Kretschmer's classification); epileptoid temperament
emotional strength; force of will
to shut one's mouth; to hold one's tongue; to keep silent
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
other self; alter ego; to be split off (of a part of oneself); to clone oneself; incarnations of Buddha
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
universal; general; ubiquitous; omnipresent
to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be among; to be one of