not understanding; not knowing
reproachful; hateful; bitter
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
alone; unaided; away from home
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
(hand) gesture; movement of the hand
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
to wrinkle; to crinkle; to shrivel
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
to change (cars or horses); to transfer; to possess; to inspire
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
silence; stillness; quietness
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
special; particular; peculiar; unique
inside; interior; inner part
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
release; emission; ejection
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
shudder; shiver; trembling with fear
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
to paint (draw) a picture