large number (of); many; majority
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
script; screenplay; scenario
chief; main; principal; important
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
removing a name; expelling (e.g. from school); decommissioning
economics department; economics school
scriptwriter; playwright; scenario writer
author; writer; novelist; artist
congratulation; celebration
having no idea what will happen; God only knows; there is no knowing; you never can tell
two (long cylindrical things)
second part (of three); second volume; middle part; novelette; novella; short novel
descriptive (narrative) part
original story; original version; this volume
sending a manuscript to the printer; receiving a manuscript from the author
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
main constituent; core; nucleus; subject (philosophical); protagonist
scientific crime detection; forensic investigation
glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (playing card suit)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
individual; private person; personal; private
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
scattering; diffusion; spread (e.g. signal across the spectrum)
pasha; honorary title in Ottoman Empire and pre-republican Egypt; click; sound of a camera shutter
contest; competition; struggle; scramble
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather
police drama (television); detective drama
foreign; abroad; overseas
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
within the story (of a book, play, film, etc.)
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops