breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
to remain in memory (of sounds and words); to linger in one's ears
to let pass; to allow through; to transmit (e.g. light, sound, etc.); to conduct (electricity); to stick through (e.g. a hole); to force through (e.g. an opening); to connect (e.g. two places)
fiend for work; workaholic; career-minded person
parent-child relationship
thin (air); weak (liquid); dilute; lacking (enthusiasm, consideration, substance, etc.); insubstantial; deficient
curious; strange; unusual
to drive in (a nail, stake, etc.); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into; to shoot into; to input (data)
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
one act (of a play); scene; event
highlight (scene); high point; climax; show-off scene (of an actor in a play)
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
annoying; infuriating; provoking; irritating; aggravating; vexing
(doing something) in tears
to visit and comfort or console; to go to see (e.g. someone in hospital); to ask after (e.g. someone's health); to attack; to hit; to strike
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 fail to do; to do amiss; to almost do; to come close to doing
degree of difficulty; difficulty level
dark-natured; gloomy; dour; moody; insular; glum
sea of blood; pool of blood
bloodshed; bloody event; bloody violence
forbidding mentioning (something to others); imposing silence (on); ordering (someone) to keep quiet; hush money
(not) at all; (not) by any means; (cannot) possibly; absolutely (not)
to lose composure; to be upset; to be flurried; to lose one's head (through shock)
almost; nearly; hardly; barely; large majority; large proportion
close investigation; careful examination; scrutiny