novel; story; (work of) fiction
half and half; fifty-fifty
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
monarch; sovereign; ruler; liege (lord)
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
trash can; garbage can; rubbish bin; dustbin
trivial; trifling; slight; insignificant
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
state of mind; mentality; psychology
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
trash can; garbage can; rubbish bin; dustbin
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse; litter
diligent; earnest; attentive to detail; brisk (working, moving); frequent (e.g. checking)
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
to put into writing; to write
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
amount; quantity; measuring; weighing
roughly; broadly; generally; more or less
to float in the air; to be unfinished; to be unsettled; to be undecided
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
to cut one's way through; to fight one's way through (the enemy); to get over; to come through; to overcome (a difficulty)
waterway; channel; wake (of a ship)
overlapping; piling; stacking
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
just to make sure; just to be sure; for confirmation; just in case; for caution's sake; by way of precaution
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
correct answer; right solution; correct interpretation; right decision; right choice; appropriate judgement
to irritate; to offend; to provoke; to get on one's nerves
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
to stand still (for a while); to remain in one place; to stand alone (of a building, statue, tree, etc.); to stand quietly; to wander about; to loiter
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
the opposite sex; isomerism
in case of; at that time; at this time
to exploit a gap (in attention, security, etc.); to catch off guard
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
unexpectedly; unusually; considering all that
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated