weakness; debility; breakdown; prostration
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
achievement; feat; meritorious deed; distinguished service
to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
divergence; ramification; bifurcation; branching off
innumerable; countless; numberless
intelligence; genius; scholarship; virtue
head; brains; intellect; understanding
reaching; attaining; arrival
action; operation; process; agency; effect; function
conclusion (of an argument, discussion, study, etc.); conclusion
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
many; a lot of; a great number of; numerous
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
base (of operations); site; location; center; foothold; stronghold
storage; putting away; receipt (of funds, payment, etc.); harvesting
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
concealment; hiding; covering up; suppression
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
gem; jewel; precious stone
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
very likely; very probable
area; region; district; locality
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort