to spur (on); to expedite; to encourage
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
drawing a katana and attacking in the same stroke; doing (something) suddenly and without warning; doing without prior notice
company; corporation; workplace
producer (film, TV, etc.)
reaffirmation; reconfirmation; revalidation
to look away (from); to avert one's gaze; to disregard; to ignore; to escape (from); to turn away (from)
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl
urban areas; the streets; town; city
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
town area; urban area; metropolitan area; built-up area
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
with a vroom; with a sudden shaking
to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
frivolous; flippant; superficial; shallow; trifling; insincere
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
cannot be compared with; no match for
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
dozens; scores of; decades
scattering; diffusion; spread (e.g. signal across the spectrum)
to go past; to pass; to pass by
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
beyond that point; after that
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
entirely; completely; cleanly; snugly
law of conservation of mass
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
change; conversion; transformation; transformation
physical law; laws of physics