the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
conscious; deliberate; intentional
to be led by; to be headed by
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
survival; survivor; relic
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
thickheaded; obstinate; inflexible; stubborn
to take a breather; to take a rest; to take a break
the way in which something came about; origin; structure; organization; the way something is constructed
to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different
multistoried; multilayered
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive
emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point
(act of) writing on a blackboard
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
adversary; opposition; hostile forces
awesome; awe-inspiring; august; discourteous (to a superior); lacking due respect
to throw at; to turn; to raise
to substitute for; to stand in for; to fill in for
four-digit number; thousands column
guess; conjecture; surmise
to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard
(motion of) precession of the equinoxes; precession
pole (north, south); climax; extreme (point)
to spend time (on doing something)
this is why; this means; it is the case that
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore
proper; right; reasonable
stars; the stars and planets; celestial bodies
how many months?; how long?
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
substitution; alternation; alternative; substitute