fear makes the wolf bigger than he is; things are not as scary as they seem; (lit.) the ghost, when examined closely, is withered silver grass
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
security; guarantee; collateral (e.g. mortgage)
protective instinct; defensive instinct
extensive knowledge; erudition
not worth mentioning (with neg. verb); nothing special
frequency (of occurrence)
license system; licence system; permit system; approval basis
initialization; initialisation; formatting; resetting
telephone book; telephone directory
corner; bend; segment (within a radio or TV program); session; area; department
to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance
random attacker; slasher; demon who brings misfortune to houses or people he passes by
be (that) as it may; having said that
being good-for-nothing; useless person
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
(on) one's own; (by) oneself
to be different from what was previously said; to be different from what was promised
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
lower part; foot; lower direction; left part of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage right (actor's POV)
value; worth; virtue; blessing
(printed) instructions; manual; explanatory leaflet (pamphlet, note); description
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
snugly; cosily; carefree; easily; freshly made and still warm; imprudently
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
blocking communications (from a phone number or an e-mail address)
(telephone) call; (telephone) ring; shout; call; call loan (e.g. 30-day call); call money
to apply correspondingly; to correspond to; to be proportionate to; to conform to
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
lonely person; someone who easily succumbs to loneliness
heredity; (genetic) inheritance
close connection; deep involvement; close relationship
various opinions; various theories; various rumors (rumours)
topic of discussion; agenda
hormone; cows' or pigs' offal (entrails)