bell (used for summoning or signalling); buzzer
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
heel (of foot, shoe, stocking, etc.)
horseback riding; sitting astride; straddling
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
harmless to humans and animals; having no influence; unimportant; insignificant
subordinate; underling; henchman; minion
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) somebody down (esp. with sexual connotations)
treacherous; dangerous; untrustworthy; sneaky; cunning
to look away; to avert one's eyes
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
Sui dynasty (China, 581-618)
(around the) neck; nape; collar (at the front)
impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; appeal; strength
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck
to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away
lost property; something dropped and left behind
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
to trick someone (into confirming or revealing the truth); to ask a leading question
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction
timewise; temporal; chronal
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
mystery; curiosity; strangeness; ghost; monster; apparition
serious; severe; grave; acute
intentional; deliberate; contrived; artificial
mental derangement; insanity; psychosis
(not) in the least; (not) at all; (not) a bit
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out