calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry
song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
tailspin; spin; drilling; boring
charge; rush; dash; assault; attack
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
low-altitude flying; having consistently poor results (grades, sales, etc.); barely scraping by; being on the verge of failing
focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving
thereafter; after doing that; followed by
point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain
right under; directly below
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
to conceal one's true nature or feelings; to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite
harsh (taste, feeling, etc.); acrid; sharp (language, question, etc.); biting; nasty; gross
opening; start; opening credits; title sequence; theme song (played during the opening credits of a TV show, etc.)
to break into fragments; to go to pieces
front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan
not limited to; not just ...
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
general public; the masses
aesthetic sense; sense of beauty; eye for the beautiful
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
extremity; end; bound; limit
trespassing; intrusion; to barge into; to burst into; to trespass
authorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; certification; recognition
scriptwriter; playwright; scenario writer
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
to act like a know-it-all; to pretend you know everything; to fancy one is an authority
walking heavily; lumbering
Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore
evaporation; disappearance (of people intentionally concealing their whereabouts); unexplained disappearance
professor; teaching; instruction
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
revival; resuscitation; revitalization; rejuvenation; regeneration
to filch; to snatch; to steal (an idea, work, etc.); to plagiarize; to arrest; to nab
depiction; description; portrayal