proficient; skillful; enjoying; satisfaction; satiation
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
shaking like a jelly; jellylike
expressing one's mind; speaking out
first-rate; finest quality; the best
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
loveable; very likeable; like very much
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information; taking care not to be fooled
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
tenement house; row house
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
to go past; to pass; to pass by
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
slumping; flopping down; heavily rotating
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
to follow another's example
joint (knee, elbow, etc.)
impossible; unlikely; improbable
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
to carry around; to carry on one's person
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to take seriously; to believe in; to fall for
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
explanation; interpretation
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
this and that; one thing or another
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
once and for all; completely; spotlessly
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling