thankfully; fortunately; luckily; mercifully
oblong; landscape orientation
hitting the target; striking home; proving to be right; coming true; being on the mark
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame
to say; to tell; to state; to do
to spur (on); to expedite; to encourage
place to put something; storage space; storehouse; depository; repository; shed
bubble; foam; froth; head on beer
explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence
even; flat; level; calm; peaceful; uneventful
open one's eyes wide; with eyes open like saucers
to strip someone; to help someone remove (clothes)
than; other than; except; but
in every nook and corner; from A to Z; from head to toe; from cover to cover
stepping back; drawing back
to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)
the Dragon (fifth sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Dragon (around 8am, 7-9am, or 8-10am); east-southeast; third month of the lunar calendar
tranquilizer gun; tranquiliser gun
voice change; voice break
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
sour look; surly face; pout
confusion; dismay; consternation; panic
to not understand; to not (quite) know; to be unsure; to be unable to tell
absence; disregard; indifference
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
heir; inheritor; successor
to take hold of; to possess; to haunt
foreseeing; anticipating; lookahead; prefetching; reading ahead
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
phantom; vision; illusion
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion