sacred precincts; sanctuary; consecrated ground; issue that is regarded as being off-limits; matter that is not up for discussion
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
older sister; lass; young lady
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
explosion; rupture; break off
wholehearted; earnest; determined; intent; single-minded; straightforward
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
assistance; help; helper; babe; chick; broad
to rub on; to rub against; to lay the blame on; to strike (a match)
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb
well done!; good job!; good work!; you did it!; bravo!
flash (esp. of a camera); flashlight; very short scene in a film or TV show; newsflash
to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
to rise; to raise up; to straighten up; to sit up; to stand up
control; management (e.g. of a business)
corresponding to; being applicable to; being relevant to; coming under; falling under; fulfilling (requirements)
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)
going crazy; losing one's temper; snapping; sound of a stretched string snapping
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail