substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
observation; survey; watching
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
wind and waves; strife; discord; dissension
apparent; obvious; very clear
production (e.g. play); direction
plan; scheme; (payment) plan; package; deal
understanding completely; understanding all there is to know
reading too much into things
ignoring (one thing) for (another)
pillage; plunder; looting; robbery
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
space alien; alien; extraterrestrial being
chill; the shivers; shivering fit; cold; coldness; cold air
script; screenplay; scenario
to lose (a chance); to miss (a chance); to overlook; to omit; to deviate; to depart from (the norm, etc.)
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
clear; clearing (a bar, hurdle, etc.); overcoming; getting through; clearing (the ball); clearing (e.g. a checked box)
number of days (times) one has attended
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
ceremony held at the end of a school term; end-of-term ceremony
university entrance examination
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
judgement; judgment; decision; adjudication; award; verdict
turning point; critical juncture; knot (in a tree, etc.)
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
freely; frankly; without reserve
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
correction; revision; amendment
delightful; joyous; joyful; happy; desirable; welcome
to sulk; to be peevish; to run away from home
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
to have a lot of influence (in); to have clout (with); to be influential; to have contacts (in)
malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind someone's back
retribution; retributive justice; karma; just deserts; poetic justice; reward and punishment for one's past behavior
to become angry or sullen; to take offense; to be miffed; to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
to soothe; to calm; to pacify