creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
operation (of machine); operating; running; working
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
imagination; supposition; virtual; potential (enemy)
record of war; war chronicle; commentaries of war; military history
science fiction; sci-fi; SF
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
read-only memory; ROM; lurker (on a forum); read-only member
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
screen name; username; handle
it's been a long time; long time no see
after a short time; in a short while; a short time later
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
to come and stay; to drop in; to visit
script; screenplay; scenario
administrator; janitor; manager; custodian; executor
tool (esp. software, etc.); tour (e.g. Tour de France)
encyclopedic knowledge and strong memory
well-informed person; walking dictionary; extensive knowledge
the proof of the pudding is in the eating; (lit.) evidence is better than debate
just you wait and see (as a threat)
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
inferiority (e.g. numerical); inferior position; disadvantage; unfavorable situation; unfavourable situation
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)
position in a game of go or shogi; state of the game; aspect of an affair; situation
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
to be out of focus; to be off the point; to not have got the point
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
clear; clearing (a bar, hurdle, etc.); overcoming; getting through; clearing (the ball); clearing (e.g. a checked box)
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan