reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
different opinion; objection
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
in some way or other; in some shape or form; somehow
distant land; remote location; distant province
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
power; motive power; dynamic force; three-phase electricity
great disaster; horrible tragedy; catastrophe; catastrophic event; catastrophic incident; dire calamity
lonely (place); remote; in the middle of nowhere
proving ground; test site
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)
to spread; to be propagated
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
engineer; technical expert; technician; craftsperson
operation (of machine); operating; running; working
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
what; what kind of; no ...; any; adds emphasis to the preceding word; no
to keep one's wits about one; to be on one's guard; to be wary of trickery
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
normally; ordinarily; by anyone's standards; by normal standards; without any issues; without any difficulty
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
rubbing the wrong way (e.g. a cat); irritating
phantom; vision; illusion
recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
visual hallucination; vision
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
to keep away; to keep at a distance
compensating; making up for; supplementation
successively; one after another; sequentially; one by one
180 degrees; complete change
breakthrough (research, etc.); breach; opening
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
to have an interest (in something); to feel inclined (toward doing something)
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)