to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason
to subsist; to keep on living
desperation; struggle to the death
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
piece; fragment; one (object)
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
long ago; already; a long time ago
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
question; inquiry; enquiry
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to be of use as a reference; to be helpful
magical powers; supernatural powers; spell; charm
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
abundant; ample; plentiful; lustrous; glossy
to be able to manage somehow or another
to think of; to come up with
environment; circumstance
couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words