judgement; judgment; refereeing; umpiring; referee; umpire
God; god; ace; king; superior person
crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
formidable enemy; strong enemy; tough enemy
promotion (school, military, etc.)
(power) transformer; trance; trans
animation; animated film; animated cartoon; anime
secretive; mysterious; furtive; stealthy; clandestine; sneaky
buying and reading (book, magazine, etc.); subscribing (incl. free subscriptions); taking (e.g. newspaper)
investigation (e.g. academically, of the unknown); close inquiry (enquiry)
to be wide-ranging; to be diverse; to cover a lot of ground; to cover various topics
transmigration; reincarnation; metempsychosis
Nessie (i.e. the Loch Ness monster)
parallel universe; alternative reality; parallel world
doppelgänger; doppelganger
from the start; from the beginning; from the outset
romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance
self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation
more than usual; especially; particularly
(two-page) spread; two pages opposite each other
very thick; something extremely thick; thick, heavy thread
typeface; style of handwriting; calligraphic style
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement
heading; headline; index; headword
to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in
simultaneous; all at once
to capitulate; to surrender; to submit to; to concede
brown rat (Rattus norvegicus); common rat; dark grey (colour, color); dark gray; secret evil-doer
National Aeronautics and Space Administration; NASA
dissection; autopsy; analysis
deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA
existence; being; survival; to exist; to live; to survive