discord; trouble; dissension; disagreement; friction; conflict
advancing to the next stage of education; going on to (high school, college, etc.)
ready wit; quick wits; resourcefulness; raising (money)
man of the future; Homo futurus
slow; sluggish; bushy (hair); thick; unfashionable; lacking style
tens of thousands of years
stereoscopy; three-dimensional vision
reduced drawing; miniature copy; microcosm; microcosmos
to give up as hopeless; to wash one's hands (of someone or something)
a lot more; much more; and then some; and plenty more than that
to remain; to stay (somewhere)
to burn down (to the ground); to clear away by burning; to reduce to ashes; to burn off
self-destruct system; automatic detonator; self-detonating device
to show one's age (e.g. to start creaking at the joints); to wear out (e.g. machinery)
to take (someone) by surprise; to do something unexpected
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
shell (of a crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; (person's) back; years of experience
hard to understand; Byzantine fashion
Last Judgment (judgment of mankind to take place when the world ends, according to various religious traditions)
Revelation (book of the Bible); the Apocalypse
latter days of the law (one of the three ages of Buddhism); age of the degeneration of the law
to be reduced to ashes; to be cremated
dropping; losing; missing item; something one forgot to write down; cleaning; removing; trap
adversary; opposition; hostile forces
several years; a few years
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
to catch fire; to be ignited; to ignite; to flare up (of an emotion, controversy, etc.); to blaze; to be ignited (of a dispute, commotion, etc.)
to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
composition; formation; organization; organisation; compilation
to exploit a gap (in attention, security, etc.); to catch off guard
magic (illusion); conjuring; magic trick; conjuring trick; sleight of hand