region; limits; stage; level
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
probability; likelihood; chances
control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management
calamity; disaster; misfortune
all doors closed; blocked in every direction; cornered
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
that; the matter in question
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
to put an end (to); to close the books (on)
length of a blade (sword, knife, etc.); walking on the edge of a sword
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
to see through; to see the true nature of something
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
to glare; to dazzle; to glitter
to criticize harshly; to blame; to accuse; to urge; to press
to burst open; to pop; to split
outlet (for one's anger, etc.); place (to turn one's eyes, to vent one's dissatisfaction, etc.); place to put something; place to dispose of something
furiously; passionately; indignantly
to watch steadily; to stare
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
and so; therefore; for that reason
patterns of thinking; train of thought
(beyond the) limits; scope; boundary
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to become misty; to become hazy
unfortunately; regrettably; sad to say
to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for
to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir
now that you say that; now that you mention it
bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
different (quality, nature); heterogeneous
superficial; apparent; seeming; surface; cosmetic
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
to grow light; to become white; to turn grey (gray)
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
to show up; to appear; to turn up