faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
curiosity; inquisitiveness
to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)
this (very thing); this precisely
incident; affair; happening; event
encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace
small; small-sized; small-scale; miniature
drone; unmanned aircraft; drone
calamity; disaster; misfortune
to face; to go towards; to head towards
to burn to a crisp; to scorch
central part; heart (of a city)
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
function; facility; faculty; feature
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
from out of nowhere; from who knows where
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.); Computer-Aided Software Engineering; CASE
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
route (bus, train, air, etc.); line; line (taken by a group, organization, etc.); policy; course
before one knows it; without realizing; unawares; unnoticed
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
costume; dress; attire; (arch.) interior decoration; (arch.) landscaping; (arch.) furnishing
to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
trajectory; line of fire; ballistic
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
reason; cause; circumstances
to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell