darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
offender; criminal; culprit
inside one's heart; in one's mind
anonymous report; (secret) information; tip-off; informing (against)
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
relation; connection; relevance
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
longish; moderately long; somewhat long; fairly long
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features)
neutrality (incl. chemical, electrical, etc.); indifference; sexlessness; androgyny; neuter gender
narrow; thin (sized); slender
cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
friendly; openhearted; sociable; amiable; good-humored; good-humoured
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
to be contrary to; to be inconsistent with; to act contrary to (rules or guidelines); to violate; to oppose; to rebel
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
cold; cold cream; cold wave; cold permanent wave
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen
barrier; protective wall; obstacle; hindrance; imaginary shield that gives one invincibility or immunity
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
instead; but (on the other hand)
homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question