book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
embayment; gulf; indentation
emission (of light); radiation (of light); luminescence
to turn on; to switch on; to light up
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
to continue to do; to persist in doing
whereabouts; place where one is; position; location
dealing with; coping with
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
observation; survey; watching
(making, launching) concentrated attack (on, against)
whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod
column of water; water column
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
reflection; reflected light; reflected heat; glare
tribe; clan; (taxonomical) tribe; group (of the periodic table)
to form a group; to form a bunch
in succession; one by one
burst of laughter; roar of laughter
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
body; trunk; torso; hull (boat); fuselage (aircraft)
to lose completely; to waste; to let slip away
using as an intermediary; through
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that