to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
to suffer a disappointment; to feel let down; to have one's attack (question, etc.) sidestepped; to be given the slip
front and rear; before and after; order; sequence; consequences; context
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
when you really think about it; on reflection; in actual fact; once again (fashionable, popular, etc.); back (in style)
tribe; clan; (taxonomical) tribe; group (of the periodic table)
fear; dread; fright; willies
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
exactly the same; exactly as is; without any change
breath; breathing; tone; mood
(stand to) attention!; standing at attention
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
it's best to; it's safest to; there's nothing better than
one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
to make; to make (something) what it should be; to cause to be
item; something that one "just has to have"
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
general idea; concept; notion
magic carpet; flying carpet
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
base; basis; base (e.g. military); depot; base; base bag
cutting (cloth, paper); judgement; judgment; decision
equation; formula; method for solving a problem; set way of achieving a particular result
to compose; to put together
electricity; (electric) light
motive power; driving force
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull