switch; switch; points; switch (from one thing to another); change
abuse; misuse; perversion
bodily sensation; feeling in the body; physical feeling; coenesthesia; cenesthesia; coenesthesis
acceleration; speeding up
few decades; many decades; several decades
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
100,000,000; one hundred million; 10^8
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
ancient times; prehistoric times; the distant past; a very long time ago
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
thought experiment; gedankenexperiment
large amount of money; great cost
classic (work, esp. book); the classics
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
to liken to; to compare to; to pattern after; to model after; to imitate
discipline; punishment; reprimand
to hold (a ceremony); to perform
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
10^12; 1,000,000,000,000; trillion; sign; omen; indication
giving up; quitting; surrendering
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
killing time; keeping oneself occupied; time killer; wasting time; waste of time
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
to make an appearance; to show up
exaltation; emotional uplift
peak period; pinnacle; prime; zenith; glory days
to boost; to force up; to push up
style; way; shape; dress; attire; clothing
underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap
reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
to devise an elaborate plan; to exercise one's ingenuity; to work out a scheme
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
drawing; painting; picture