above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
locked-room murder (e.g. in murder mystery fiction)
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
both; both sides; both parties
harsh (criticism, treatment, etc.); severe; hard; strict
falling on one's backside (behind, bottom); pratfall; mochi used to celebrate a child's first birthday; mochi tied to a baby's back if he starts walking before his first birthday in order to cause him to fall on his backside
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
therapy; healing; rejuvenating; refreshing; soothing
becoming irritated (suddenly); getting annoyed
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
duplicate key; pass key; master key; skeleton key
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
brilliance; polish; lustre; luster; glossy finish (of photographs)
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
to induce (somebody to do something); to tempt; to act toward (somebody in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement
voice; speech; sound of a voice; sound (e.g. of a TV)
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
possible; potential; practicable; feasible