unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky
quizzical; puzzled; inquisitive; suspicious; doubtful
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...
how long; how much; to what extent
gas (state of matter, e.g. poison gas, natural gas); gasoline; gas; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
came; went; were (somewhere); was (somewhere); were (doing); was (doing)
to graduate from a university
in the hospital; hospitalized
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry
to bring (somebody into a place); to lead into
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
service; help; discount; discounted item; free service; freebie; service
castella (type of sponge cake)
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
to wrinkle; to crinkle; to shrivel
good-for-nothing; worthless
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
gooseflesh; goose pimples; goose bumps
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
imposing stance; daunting pose
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
to be taken aback; to be dumbfounded
as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly
rogue; thug; hoodlum; punk; racketeer
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
it's not like; it isn't as if
now rejoicing, now worrying; swinging from joy to sorrow; glad and sad by turns; alternating hope and fear; unable to put one's mind at ease
working adult; full-fledged member of society
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
point (of a story, argument, etc.); point (e.g. in stock exchange movement); percentage point; switch; points; point; site