to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
stairs; stairway; staircase
feeling sick; feeling queasy; feeling nauseated; being angry; being offended; being disgusted
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
to be enraged; to flip out
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
scene; spectacle; sight; view
imagination; supposition; guess
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
trio; gang of three; threesome
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
to make a fist; to clench one's fist
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
secondhand bookshop; antiquarian bookshop
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
primer; manual; introductory book
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
reality; actuality; hard fact
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
chaos; confusion; disorder; chaotic; confused; uncertain
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
English writing; English sentence; English text; English literature; English lit
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
disorder; chaos; confusion
energy; energy; strength; energy source; energy resource; food energy
scattering; diffusion; spread (e.g. signal across the spectrum)
final; eventual; ultimate