with a (sharp) creak; with a squeak; with a screech
fascination; glamour; glamor; enchantment; seduction
social; societal; societary
(walking a long distance) at a steady pace; intently; earnestly; single-mindedly; trudgingly; ploddingly
cold water; cold sake; cold; cool
power outage; power failure; power cut; blackout
you're lying; yeah, right; liar; fibber
to say; to be called; to do
source of electricity; electrical power; power (button on TV, etc.)
Frankenstein; Frankenstein's monster
science fiction; sci-fi; SF
cyborg; cybernetic organism
to kick; to treat (a person) poorly; to walk all over (someone)
harm; injury; evil (influence)
glasses; eyeglasses; judgment; judgement; four-eyes
(software) update; upgrade (to a new version); upgrade (to a device, product, etc.); improvement
president (of a society); chairman
big problem; major issue; big controversy
what people say; rumours; public opinion
robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead
to injure; to damage; to kill; to hinder; to obstruct
one's frame of mind; way one looks at things
to read too much into things; to get wrong ideas by letting one's imagination run wild; to have a groundless suspicion
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
go on!; right!; here goes!
outlet (for one's anger, etc.); place (to turn one's eyes, vent one's dissatisfaction, etc.); place to put something; place to dispose of something
outsiders; others; bystanders; onlookers; third person
risky; dangerous; suggestive; bordering on the obscene; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) harsh
to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of
celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name
restoration; return; reduction; resolution; deoxidization
to detest; to abhor; to loathe
like it or not; like or not like
snail's pace; slow progress
watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)
marks; points; score; number of items; number of articles
right to keep silent; right to silence; right to remain silent
milli-; 10^-3; millimetre; millimeter
return; relapse; recurrence
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
broken; interrupted; disconnected; intermittent; fragmentary; discontinuous
falling into a doze; dozing off; nodding off