seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up
contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.); submission; post (on a blog, social media, etc.)
site (usu. website); sight; payable on sight
play; recreation; play (theatre); performance; staging; praying
web site; website; web page; webpage; home page; homepage
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing
one cause; one reason; one factor
most interesting part (of a story); climax; good part; scenic spot; beautiful place
longtooth grouper (Epinephelus bruneus)
home area; home town; local
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
interruption; suspension; break
right in the middle (of); midst; height
having ended; being resolved
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
reopening; resumption; restarting
weathering; fading (of memories); efflorescence
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
police; police officer; police station
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
negative (e.g. thinking); negative; negative (electrical polarity)
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
to teach thoroughly; to instill (into); to instil; to inculcate; to drum (into); to drill (into)
to believe implicitly; to believe firmly
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
intelligence gathering; information gathering
before the week is out; before the week is over; within the week; sometime this week