taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction
discovery; detection; finding
to accomplish; to achieve; to complete; to carry out; to carry through
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
to be thrilled; to be excited
special; particular; peculiar; unique
dye; dyestuff; coloring agent
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
temporary; transitory; short-lived
output (electrical, signal, etc.)
preparation; provision; defenses; guard; military formation; troop arrangement
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)
disassembly; dismantling; decomposition; resolution; factorization
escaping from prison; breaking out of prison; jailbreak; jailbreaking (a smartphone, video game console, etc.)
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
to give someone a surprise; to catch off guard and fluster; to frustrate (e.g. someone's plans); to give someone a blow; to scare the hell out of
exhilarating; thrilling; intensely pleasurable
trump; trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
to set aside; to keep in reserve; to hold on to
to check; to stop; to keep back
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
even; flat; level; calm; peaceful; uneventful
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
to get used to using; to get accustomed to using
person with whom to speak; someone to talk to; companion; advisor; adviser
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgement
cloth; fabric; material; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
sharing a table with someone you don't know (e.g. at a restaurant)
to get between; to be caught in
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)