awesome; amazing; incredible; a lot; absolutely
stage assistant dressed in black; stagehand; prompter; behind-the-scenes supporter; string-puller
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor
mission; delegation; mission (assignment); (religious) mission; mission school; transmission (in a motor vehicle)
to pull out; to draw out; to pick out; to take (a sample); to steal (the contents of something); to pilfer
planning; devising (a plan); drafting; drawing up
drawing; diagram; plans; blueprint
small tool; gadget; (stage) properties; prop; prop master
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
molecule; numerator; element (of a group); member; particle
to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
to cut out; to clip from; to extract
minimum; minuscule; local minimum
perception; sensing; noticing
pseudo; quasi; artificial; simulated
safe; strongbox; cashbox; depository; cash office; treasury
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
to account for; to make up; to occupy (a place, position, etc.); to hold (a rank, seat, etc.); to occupy (one's mind, heart, etc.); to weigh (on one's mind)
real intention; true motive; true meaning
fixed game; rigged bid; put-up job
(unexpected) incident; unforeseen event; surprising occurrence; happening (performance)
above the clouds; heaven; the Imperial Court; something unreachable; place of out of reach
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
highest; uppermost; topmost; oldest; eldest
completely beating someone up; being completely knocked down; thoroughly bashing someone
to manipulate (someone); to make (someone) dance to one's tune; to lead astray; to make (someone) dance; to let dance
just what you'd expect from ...; that's just like (him, her, etc.); that's (exactly) why ...; that's (precisely) the reason ...
to make narrower; to shut (an umbrella); to shrug (one's shoulders); to purse (one's lips)
to follow; to come after; to come next (to); to rank next (to); to rank second (to)