it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
most ominous; most sinister; most atrocious; most evil
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
damp; moist (negative nuance)
to wet; to moisten; to dampen; to soak; to dip
clerk; secretary; writing down; putting on record
to wrench open; to prize open; to pick (lock)
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
beginning; outset; first; onset
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
firmly; solidly; sturdily; strongly; toughly
muscular; lean (of a company's operations, etc.)
figure; body shape; build; somatotype; biotype; habitus
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
upper class; upper echelons of society; the rich and powerful; the elite
salon; saloon; sarong; saron (instrument)
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
emission; emanation; letting out (feelings); venting; divergence (of light); divergence
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled
thirst for blood; bloodlust; determination to kill
safety; welfare; well-being
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
tearing limb from limb; tearing apart; cutting (a person) to pieces
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
to boil; to seethe; to roil (e.g. waterfall, torrent); to foam; to well up (of emotions); to overflow (e.g. fighting spirit)
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)