intentional; deliberate; contrived; artificial
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
telepathy; tacit understanding; thought transference; non-verbal Zen Buddhist transmission to a disciple of the central tenets of Buddhism
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
release (e.g. information); disclosure (legal); show; indication; display
to draw a line (between); to make a distinction (between); to distinguish (between)
to crunch; to masticate; to simplify; to explain plainly
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
unbelievable; incredible; implausible
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
disassembly; dismantling; factorization; decomposition; resolution; deblocking
(musical) time; tempo; beat; the moment; the instance; chance
selection (esp. from many people for an important job position); exceptional promotion
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
to invade; to raid; to infringe; to encroach; to harm; to afflict
influence; clout; leverage
change; alteration; modification
clearly; distinctly; vividly
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
to understand; to make out
light novel; young-adult illustrated fiction
apathy; lassitude; lethargy; languor
to couch (a sword); to look at cynically or ironically; (arch.) to stand ready (to do); (arch.) to adopt a formal attitude
narrow-minded; obstinate; stubborn; perverse; unreasonable; warped
production (e.g. play); direction
to be entwined; to be involved
plot (of a story); plotting (a graph)
drama; theatre; theater; play
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
on a stage; on a platform; on an altar
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to