to startle; to surprise; to astonish; (lit.) to make (someone) say "oh!"
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
chapter one; first chapter
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
laboratory block; research laboratory building
to demolish; to tear down; to pull down
neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity; environs; surrounding area; district
remodelling; remodeling; reorganization; reorganisation
quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord
classification; sorting (out); grouping; assortment journalizing (in bookkeeping)
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
attendance; presence; appearance
to make (someone) understand (a fault, mistake, etc.); to reason with; to advise; to try to persuade; to exhort; to admonish
until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
stickily; glutinously; persistently; insistently; tenaciously
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
reduction in working hours; reduction in business hours; time-saving
useless resistance; vain struggle
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; neglecting (e.g. one's studies); leaving unattended
conference room; council room
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
unification; bringing together; generalization; control; supervision
to encamp; to take up positions
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
in name only; titular; nominal
lowest seat; foot of the table; seat furthest from the seat of honour; lowest rank; bottom (e.g. of the class)
looking on; standing by and watching; sitting back and watching; remaining a spectator
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
uneventfully; without incident; without a hitch; peacefully
to wish (for); to pray (for); to hope (for); to pray silently; to recite (Buddha's name, sutras, etc.) in one's mind; to chant (a silent prayer)
since some time or another; since who-knows-when
to become a (bad) habit; to become a habitual practice; to become addictive; to grow on one; to become moreish
leading a meeting; presiding over a meeting; officiating at a ceremony; chairman; presenter; host
topic of discussion; agenda
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
substitution; alternative; substitute