present stage; current phase; current rank; present grade
explanation; interpretation
faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
many; a lot; much; multitude
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money
view; opinion; finding; findings
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)
specialization; specialisation
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
centrifugation; centrifugal separation
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
to make an appearance; to show up
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
obstinate; stubborn; headstrong
to shoot out (lights, window, etc.)
to rain incessantly; to downpour
to cut out; to clip from; to extract
passerby; pedestrian; foot passenger
to go past; to pass; to pass by
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
inside a car (train, bus, etc.)
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
changing clothes; change of clothes
to mistake (A for B); to misread
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
to be haggard; to be gaunt; to be emaciated; to be worn out (e.g. illness, worry)
the dead; ghost; person who is obsessed (with money, power, etc.); person with a blind lust (for)
stubble; unshaven face; beard one has because one is too lazy to shave; 5-o'clock shadow
eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes; skin round one's eyes
corner; nook; shade; shadow; dark circles (under the eyes); dark rings