to write down; to record; to register
frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise
in accordance with plans; just as planned
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
young man who has a feminine aesthetic
one chance; only opportunity; maybe; perhaps; one-night stand
diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)
putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
surveillance camera; security camera
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
soup or stew over which a beaten egg is poured before serving; egg-bound soup
shabby; dull; cheap; lackluster; uninspiring; depressing
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
to compose; to put together
dignified; majestic; stately; lordly; commanding
bulky and heavy; massive; solid; dignified; imposing; composed
arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
to consider carefully; to deliberate thoroughly; to think over
harmless and inoffensive; bland; tepid
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity
anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z
otherworldliness; detachment from the real world; lack of worldly sense
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
plectrum; pick; drumstick for Japanese drums (e.g. taiko)
nailing on; nailing down; being stationary; being rooted to the spot; (price) pegging
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents); to tell everything; to reveal everything; to open one's heart
to be imaginable; to be conceivable