nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
unexpectedly; surprisingly
adherent; devotee; believer
by a hair's breadth; in the nick of time; touch and go; close call; critical moment
to walk with; to make someone tag along; to carry around (esp. a child); to carry about
to be intimate with; to befriend
incessant; constant; continuous; perpetual; everlasting
cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required
to strain (one's ears, eyes); to prick up (one's ears)
huang (female Chinese firebird)
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private
drip; fall drop-by-drop; suddenly (of drops of water)
briskly; smartly; promptly; clearly; lucidly
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
standing in a row; forming a line; alignment
humorous; funny; amusing; laughable; hilarious; comical
to get late; to advance; to wear on
strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)
to give one's life (e.g. in battle); to devote one's life (e.g. to a cause)
for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account
bottom of the ocean; seafloor; seabed; undersea; submarine
annotation; explanatory note; comment
one color; one colour; one article; same tendency; everyone being caught up in the same thing
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
cave; cavern; den; grotto
spewing; gushing; spouting; eruption; effusion
with a squish; with a splat
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly