manufacture and sales; vertical integration
stagnation; hindrance; delay
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
slump; crash; heavy fall; sudden decline
to cease; to stop; to be over
in succession; one by one
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
race (of people); type of person
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
many; numerous; various; large number of
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
government; administration
public funds; public money
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
sudden; abrupt; unexpected
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
audience; attendance; hearers
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different
feeling; sense; impression
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
dark side (of nature, town, etc.)
spontaneous generation; abiogenesis; natural occurrence; spontaneous occurrence
to be born; to come into the world
connection; link; relationship
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
composite; combined; complex
much less; to say nothing of
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into