(written) application; written request; petition; written prayer for a shrine or Buddhist temple
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
to happen to meet; to come across
to keep in mind; to memorize
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
declaration; proclamation; announcement
just this side of; one step short of; on the brink
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
collapse; break; cave-in; crash; (market) decline
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
spell; charm; incantation; magic word
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
destructive blast; blowing up; explosion
to be consistent; to be coherent
testimony; (verbal) evidence
to be set up (completely); to be put together; to be composed (e.g. type)
(social) position; status
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
wall of people; crowd of people lined up (e.g. spectators); throng of people
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first
absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; lazily
intercept; interception; counter-attack
to run down (stairs, etc.)
dance hall; dance floor; landing (stairs); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); period of stagnation
to become desperate; to give in to despair
to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
thunderous roar; roaring sound