to grip; to grasp; to squeeze
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
to say; to be called; to do
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
stern expression; severe expression; grim expression
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
assistant (esp. in show business or sumo); attendant; chaperon
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
overlooking; turning a blind eye
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
shameless; shameless person
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
homely woman; plain-looking woman; female demon
crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
low grade; inferiority; coarseness; vulgarity
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
lightning strike; thunderbolt; bolt of lightning; to strike (lightning); to be struck by lightning
thunderous roar; roaring sound
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
all present; all concerned; all of us
eardrum; tympanic membrane
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
to dart one's eyes about; to be surprised; to be bewildered; to be confused; to be flustered
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)