root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation; dramatization; embellishment; exaggeration
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy; depressing
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
mask; disguise; guise; mask
overcoat; greatcoat; cloak; wrap; mantle
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
aspect; phase; condition; modality (philosophy)
ill-bred; vulgar; boorish
to build (a nest); to nest; to haunt (a place); to hang out (somewhere)
back street; back alley; off-street
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
surroundings; environs; circumference
to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
to squeeze out; to wring out
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
fighting scene; scene of carnage (bloodshed); location of the fight between the Asuras and Shakra; difficulties (in a love relationship); crunch time (esp. for cartoonists)
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
public records office; archives
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
apartment building; housing complex
to fish; to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge