silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet
regular; well-regulated; systematic; orderly
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
to remain in memory (of sounds and words); to linger in one's ears
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
fiend for work; workaholic; career-minded person
parent-child relationship
thin (e.g. air); diluted; sparse; lacking (e.g. empathy); deficient; insufficient (e.g. zeal)
curious; strange; unusual
to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
one act (play, etc.); scene; event
highlight (scene); high point; climax; show-off scene (of an actor in a play)
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
(doing something) in tears
to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance
embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
essence; true nature; substance; reality
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...
tool (esp. software, etc.); tour (e.g. Tour de France)
degree of difficulty; difficulty level
dark-natured; gloomy; dour; moody; insular; glum
sea of blood; pool of blood
bloodshed; bloody event; bloody violence
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
simply (cannot); definitely (cannot); absolutely (cannot); by no means
to lose composure; to be upset; to be flurried; to lose one's head (through shock)