to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)
exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous
risky; dangerous; suggestive; bordering on the obscene; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) harsh
(tear) to pieces; (rip) apart; with a rattle; with a shudder; feeling an electric shock
My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
expression; presentation; representation; notation
innocent; naive; unsophisticated; birth-
thread (on an Internet forum, mailing list, etc.); topic; conversation; post
pornographic photo book; erotic photo book; pornographic comic book; hentai comic book
going around in circles; circling a temple; roll-call vote
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; deftly finishing up; putting on the final touches
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
boom; bang; wham; Oh my God!; What a shock!
covering; filled in; complete; total; cliched; clichéd; plaintext
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
serious; severe; grave; acute
tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling
to break up and start anew; to break out of one's shell; to make a fresh start; to go outside oneself
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
chief; main; principal; important
source of information; intelligence source; message source
selection; classification; sorting; screening; triage
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
ago; since; before; previous
breasts; boobies; tits; breast milk
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
witnessing; observing; sighting
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
fastidiousness; fussiness about cleanliness, etc.; clean-freak
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan