to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
pale fiery light seen in fields and mountains at night; will-o'-the-wisp; ignis fatuus; elf-fire; fen-fire
to rise (of smoke, steam, etc.); to go up
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
genuine article; real thing; real deal
killing and wounding; bloodshed
immediate (effect, result, etc.); instant; instantaneous; prompt
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
return; reversion; comeback; carriage return
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting (a difficulty); overcoming; exceeding; passing
slight; minor; trifling; considerable; proper; decent
burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)
temporary; transitory; short-lived
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
bookworm; bibliophile; bibliophage
to buy (stock, materials, etc.); to purchase; to lay in; to get; to obtain
to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...
Tuesday; fire (second of the five elements)
colourful; colorful; multicoloured; various; varied; variegated
running; gliding; first (harvest) of the season; beginning; start; kitchen sink
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling
index finger; forefinger; first (occ. second) finger; second toe
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
lower layer; layer beneath; lower strata (classes)
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
proposal; proposition; suggestion
choices; alternatives; options
an instant; a split second; no time at all; (lit.) time of an "ah!"
to become possible; to become able to (do)
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
just to make sure; just to be sure; for confirmation; just in case; for caution's sake; by way of precaution
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
one (thin, flat object); one sheet
right under; directly below; right beneath
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
overall; general; as a whole