easy money; easy gain; making a killing
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
soft and flaky (pie, potatoes, squash, etc.); fluffy; crumbly; being pleased with oneself; beaming happily; chuckling to oneself
to carry around; to carry on one's person
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
one cup (of); one glass (of); one drink (of alcohol); full; filled (with); fully; to capacity
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
nothing but; except; no more than
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away
to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
share; portion; quota; cut
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
right hand; right-hand side; right-hand direction; (on) the right
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
oracle; revelation; divine message
to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)
to be within others' sight; to be visible; to be conspicuous; to attract public attention; to come under observation
to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from; to miss (one's chance to ...)
searching for someone; search for a missing person
confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining; joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
troublesome (person, task, etc.); difficult; suffering; hardship; trouble
closeted maiden; carefully raised girl from a well-to-do family
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
carefully; closely; very; extremely; have no choice; cannot be helped
laws (of nature); (divine) providence
great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking
sacrifice; victim (esp. someone killed); casualty; sacrifice (to a deity)
natural accompaniment; inseparable pair; inevitable aspect (of something); part and parcel; supplementary printed insert (in a book or magazine); appendix
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
one's person; around one's person
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; misconception; misunderstanding
to drain; to pour; to float (e.g. logs down a river); to set adrift; to wash away; to carry away; to broadcast
feeling of emptiness in the stomach; sensation of hunger
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail