to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
audience seating; (spectator) stands; auditorium; stadium
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
outsider; someone outside of a group
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
to trip someone up; to pull the carpet from under
fetters; shackles; hobbles; encumbrance; hindrance; burden
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
cannot be avoided (of a problem, etc.); unavoidable; inevitable
to go unpunished; to be tolerated; to be allowed; to be overlooked
whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; deftly finishing up; putting on the final touches
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
in one's own way or style
gradually; slowly but steadily
to have tears in one's eyes; to be close to crying
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
to be worried; to be troubled
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
to stagger; to stumble; to totter; to misconduct oneself; to have a love affair; to waver
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
not caring; not giving a damn
dripping; trickling; wet and heavy (snow, clay, etc.); (arch.) (moving) slowly
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
suppressed laugh; smile; giggle; chuckle
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
thick; viscous; muddy; dirty (with oil, grease, etc.); to be in an ugly state (of emotions, relations, etc.); to be murky
turbidity; cloudiness (of a liquid); opacity; disorder; chaos
indigestion; dyspepsia; incomprehensibility; inability to understand
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh