strangeness; abnormality; disorder
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
hundred points; perfect mark
form; shape; figure; visage
being a poor loser; unwillingness to admit defeat; sour grapes
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
something used to cover the eyes; blindfold; blinder; concealing one's home such that the interior cannot be seen from outside
human rights; civil liberties
promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
goggling; rolling (one's eyes)
wild beast; wild animal; brute
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
last night; yesterday evening
just this side of; one step short of; on the brink
root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence
to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
disaster; accident; shipwreck; distress
thirst; craving; thirst (for love, knowledge, etc.); hunger
to reach; to get to; to arrive at