confession; acknowledgement; acknowledgment
cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
to slander; to libel; to criticize; to criticise
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to thrust before; to thrust at
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
competent; suitable; qualified
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
to be noisy (e.g. from people talking); to be discomposed (e.g. feelings)
present stage; current phase; current rank; present grade
conversation; conference (usu. between important people); discussion; interview
event; phenomenon; matter
to be noisy; to be astir; to rustle; to murmur
the Dragon (fifth sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Dragon (around 8am, 7-9am, or 8-10am); east-southeast; third month of the lunar calendar
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
roller coaster; big dipper
meteor; shooting star; falling star
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
to find the resolve (to do); to make up one's mind (with); to act on a thought
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
and; thereupon; because of that
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
stater (coin used in ancient Greece)
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); to cower; to shrink in on oneself
sense of helplessness; feeling of powerlessness
to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
three; three years of age
asafetida (Ferula assafoetida)
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
eardrum; tympanic membrane