interval; break; rift (in clouds)
helplessly; easily; without resistance; without regret
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
dependence (relationship); dependency (relationship)
to join forces; to cooperate
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
shelter; cover; screen; shield; obstruction; defilade
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
ace up one's sleeve; trump card; secret skills; secret; (arch.) left hand
heedless of danger; braving dangers
metabolism; renewal; regeneration; replacing the old with the new
to challenge (a person) to a fight
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
to be duplicated; to be repeated; to overlap; to fall together (of dates, etc.); to repeat (a failed course, school year, etc.); to make a double play
cunning deed; sly trick; foul play; cunning person; sly fellow; cheat
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
Wednesday; shaved ice (served with flavored syrup); water (fifth of the five elements)
dissatisfaction; discontent; disapproval; objection; complaint; protest
how long; how far; how much
to assemble; to set up; to construct
to conform to; to agree with; to be adapted to; to be based on
high-rise (building); multistory; multistoried; high (altitude); upper (atmosphere, air current, etc.)
construction; establishment
spiderweb; spider web; spider's web; cobweb
to compose; to put together
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.)
steel frame; steel beam; steel girder
freely; frankly; without reserve
to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place
advantage; point in favor; point in favour
locational advantage; advantageous position
disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation
being actualized; becoming apparent; becoming tangible; surfacing