expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
possible; likely; probable
and; thereupon; because of that
near; close by; within reach; familiar
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
public order; public peace; public security; law and order
grandfather; male senior-citizen
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
main question; real issue at hand
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
society; the world; the times
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
smuggling; bootlegging; illicit trade
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
to put back in a good mood; to cheer up
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
sincere; earnest; serious
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across