the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
seeing is believing; one eye-witness is better than many hearsays; a picture is worth a thousand words
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
crossing; traversing; traversing horizontally; passing west to east (or east to west); cutting horizontally
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
to burn; to scorch; to char; to singe
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill
science fiction; sci-fi; SF
scene; sight; scenario; setting
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
floating; drifting; suspension; (arch.) wandering (about)
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
far away in the distance; in the far distance
to be erected; to be built
high-rise building; tower block; skyscraper
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
not yet known; unknown; strange
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back