day after day; day by day
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
time; hour; period; class
in an instant; in a moment; immediately; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.); don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to; must not; (when used in an imperative sentence) don't
a minute; moment; an instant; stubborn; hot-headed
(move) slowly (e.g. walk); sluggishly; stolidly; ploddingly; heavily
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
lottery; lot; raffle; draw
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
to throw open; to leave open
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
hook; hook bracket (Japanese quotation mark)
triple; treble; threefold; three-ply; triplicate
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
to chip (off); to shave (off); to slice (off); to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm); to discourage; to weaken
only; merely; but; no more than
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
very strange; bizarre; weird; mysterious
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
to listen attentively to; to be lost in
to be(come) intertwined; to be entangled
to well up; to burst; to arise
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
with a start; with a jump
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
to open one's eyes wide (in anger, surprise, etc.); to goggle at