incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
careful; cautious; wary; watchful; vigilant; prudent
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
saving (e.g. energy); cutting down on (e.g. alcohol); save; save
in succession; one after another
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle
frequency; rate of occurrence
percent; per cent; percentage
fate; destiny; predestination
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
everything; anything; nothing
degree of familiarity; popularity; name recognition; notoriety
publicity (information) activities; public relations
free (of charge); gratuitous
laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)
serious disease; intractable disease; difficult-to-recover-from illness
value; worth; virtue; blessing
cancellation; cancelling (a person, e.g. for an inflammatory remark); cancel culture
giving something a try because it will not do any harm
to be struck with terror; to be terrified; to be scared to death
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
to lower one's voice; to speak more softly
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death
somehow; somewhat; seemingly
naked above the waist; stripped to the waist; shirtless
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
something used to cover the eyes; blindfold; blinder; concealing one's home such that the interior cannot be seen from outside
feeling on the skin; skin sensation
abandonment; giving up; bargain sale; selling off cheaply; edge (e.g. of an architectural member); boundary
negligent; neglectful; careless; remiss
successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another
whoosh (of something suddenly spreading, billowing, swelling, or gushing outward); fwoosh; (bursting) into tears; suddenly (crying)
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops
to blow out; to spout out
disorder; disturbance; unrest