to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
chief; main; principal; major
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
alchemy; way of making money; moneymaker; money-spinner
process; operation; stage of a process; progress of work
change in appearance; transformation
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
cheating (on an examination); cribbing
gaudy; showy; garish; loud
to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
absent-mindedly; idly; vacantly; doing nothing
last ray of hope; only hope
chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia
every single word and phrase; word by word
clear; clear-cut; lucid; unequivocal; explicit
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
ten (long cylindrical things)
one mind; wholeheartedness; one's whole heart
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
to scribble (write quickly); to dash off
to dry up completely; to become stale
several types; several kinds; several species
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
some nerve (as in 'you must have some nerve to ...')
failing mark; failing grade
sweaty; sweat-drenched; covered in sweat
unable to clear away one's ill feeling; not able to do anything (about...)
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
to have gooseflesh (e.g. from cold or horror)
taking no notice (of); thinking nothing of; disregarding; not aware of; completely ignoring; being out of consideration
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though