to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
critic; reviewer; commentator
elder sister; effeminate man
coherence; order; focus; point
depressed; bummed out; down; heavy-hearted; heavy-spirited; feeling reluctant (to do)
preparation; arrangements
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
calamity; misfortune; disaster
the gods of heaven and earth
window; window (shop display)
organization chart; organisation chart
input-output processor; IOP
organ (of body, plant, etc.)
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
appendix; postscript; retrofit; post-installation; giving a reason afterwards; making an excuse after the event
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
unauthorized (computer) access; hacking
dissolution; dissolving; solution (e.g. chemical); melting; liquefying; fusion
to collect one's thoughts; to gather one's thoughts; to put one's ideas in order
necromancer (esp. a blind female in northeastern Honshu); medium; shaman
one's own property; possessions
major surgery; major operation
academic study; academic research
conversation (just) between you and me; confidential talk
trend; tendency; momentum
as soon as possible; ASAP
practical effect; efficacy; efficiency
hope of success; prospects of success
ill-preparedness; insufficient preparation; lack of preparation
antiquity; the previous era
to be sacked; to be fired; to be dismissed; to be beheaded
drafting; requisition; impressment; commandeering; expropriation
(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)
suspicious object (e.g. potential bomb); suspicious substance
strict prohibition; ban; interdiction
after staying up all night
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over something; pondering
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
maintaining the status quo
powerless; helpless; incompetent
to be scattered around; to be all over the place