to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
control room; control booth
casting; cast-metal object
mess; jumble; muddle; chaos
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
to get distracted; to jump off the track
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result
disgraceful behavior; disgraceful behaviour; shameful sight
to get away without consequences; to get off scot-free
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
hot blood; warm blood; zeal; fervor; fervour
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
interview (e.g. for a job)
beginning; clue; starting point
thick; deep; kind; cordial; serious (of an illness); abundant
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
don't feel like doing; can't bring oneself to do; can't face
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
script; screenplay; scenario
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
unit; (musical) group; band
reproduction; duplication; reprinting
(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history
(facial) expression (esp. fierce, fearless, sinister, etc.); look
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
(game pieces, soldiers, etc.) under one's control
peace (of mind); tranquility; tranquillity; serenity
in succession; one by one