stairs; stairway; staircase
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
to run down (stairs, etc.)
disconnection; interruption; burn-out
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
fall; drop; descent; coming down
engineering works; civil engineering; public works
for work; for manufacturing
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
to crack; to develop a crack
(sound of an) explosion or detonation; roar (of a machine)
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at
to approach; to draw near
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
(top) half naked; naked above the waist
(distant) howling; backbiting
cheering in chorus; saying in unison
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
mane (of a horse, lion, etc.)
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
although I say; although one might say; although called
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
existence; being; survival; to exist; to live; to survive
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
hideout; secret base of operations; safe house
to take over; to capture; to seize; to hijack (vehicle, account, etc.)
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)