to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
to be to the point; to be pertinent
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
inference; deduction; induction; reasoning
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
rest; break; recess; intermission
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
some people; a few people; several people
to miss (capturing); to fail to catch; to let slip
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity
pinch; crisis; tough spot; clothespin
meow; miaow; cat; sexual intercourse; making out
to become fine (of fabric); to be checkmated; to be hard pressed; to be at a loss
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
every person; every mouth; every entrance
breakthrough (research, etc.); breach; opening
diversion; putting something to another use
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
unbelievable; incredible; implausible
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.