brake; (a) stop (to a development, behavior, etc.); (the) brakes
accelerator (pedal); gas pedal
180 degrees; complete (about-face; in policy, opinion, etc.); radical (change); hundred-and-eighty degree (turn)
serialization; serialisation; serial story
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation; fixing
original (written) work (i.e. a new novel, play, music, etc.); newly written work; specially written work; writing (a new work) specially (for a publication, film, exhibition, etc.)
to (go and) do; to make (a blunder, mess, etc.); to perpetrate; to achieve; to accomplish; to pull off
to turn over a new leaf; to mend one's ways; to reform
within the story (of a book, play, film, etc.)
next volume (of a book, comic, etc.)
treasure; treasured item; prized possession
text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence
tight; close-fitting; tight (supply and demand); scarce; tight skirt; straight skirt
schedule; program; calendar
brush up (i.e. fine tune, polish up, revise)
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
to get tired of seeing; to get tired of looking at
at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
flaring up; bursting into flames
terrible; dreadful; tremendous; terrific; appalling; shocking
extremely dangerous; full of peril
to take a breath; to take a short rest
stimulus; stimulation; impetus; impulse; excitement; thrill
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
to cross one's mind; to occur to one; to flash into one's head
trivial; not amounting to much; not a big deal
purification; refining; simplification
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
this (very thing); this precisely
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
to surpass the rest (e.g. of a large group); to stand out from the crowd; to be the best by far
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
phantom; vision; illusion
heat shimmer; heat haze; shimmering of hot air
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown
to fall continuously (of rain, snow, etc.); to fall hard; to fall heavily; to pour down
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm