seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
power; might; authority; influence
to attempt; to test; to try out
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
(sound of an) explosion or detonation; roar (of a machine)
to shake; to sway; to waver
rumbling; (ringing) cadence
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
dance hall; dance floor; landing (stairs); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); period of stagnation
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
handrail; railing; banister
inside; interior; inner part
to pop off; to pop out; to fly off; to shoot off; to burst open
dirty smoke; soot and smoke
lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
fighting with one's back to the wall; having burnt one's bridges; last stand; from strategy of general Han Xin in the Battle of Jingxing
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
means of survival; means of escape; way out of a difficulty
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
tension; mental strain; nervousness
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
affixing a seal (to); putting one's seal (on)
two classes; double; two sets
all of a sudden; unexpected; abrupt; sudden
superscription (on a letter, parcel, etc.); address; overwriting (data, file, etc.)
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
advance (into a new market or stage of progress); launching (a new career or venture); expanding (into a new market); stepping forward; emerging