attendance; participation; presence
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
end; limit; bounds; extremity; result; fate
creak; squeak; creaking; discord; strife; friction
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
with a shiver (down one's spine); with a sudden chill
bow (of boat); prow; stem
behind; in the rear; in back
offset; offsetting each other; cancelling each other out; set-off; setoff
power; might; authority; influence
to project; to overhang; to stick out; to put up (a notice); to post
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
to get twisted; to get crooked; to become twisted (of a mind, relationship, etc.); to become warped; to become troubled; to become complicated
sculpture; carved statue; graven image
temperature; body temperature (human, animal)
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat; to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver
remembrance; recollection; recognition
slow; clumsy; stupid; irritating
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
to love; to cherish; to show favouritism to; to be partial to; to fondle; to caress
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
to be turned inside out; to betray; to double-cross; to break into falsetto; to crack into falsetto
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet