sacred scripture; sacred book; holy book; writings of a sage
(arch.) it is not so; no; never mind
commandant; commanding officer; general
cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...
riding together; riding with
agglutination; adhesion; deadlock; stalemate; standstill
rapid succession (e.g. questions)
to come to one's senses; to calm down
older sister and younger brother
to freeze; to refrigerate
regarding as dangerous; identifying as a threat
surface of a board or record
crane fly; daddy longlegs (insect of family Tipulidae); a tall, gangly person; string bean
things don't work that well in the real world; things seldom go as one wishes; that is expecting too much; it won't be that easy; (lit.) the wholesaler won't sell it like that
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
the way it was; the way it used be; as of old; in former times
head start; initiative; preemption
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
to take; to catch; to capture
decisive action; going through with; daring to do; carrying out
grazing; touching lightly; squeezing (someone for money); percentage; kickback
sea level; (surface of) sea
momentum; amount of exercise
to go too far; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it
(having) life-and-death power (over)
imprisonment; captive; prisoner
immediately carrying out (a plan)
odds and ends; all; every
to decrease; to be reduced; to reduce; to lessen; to subtract; to deduct
Mach (number); (at a) fast speed
paying no heed to; not caring about; taking no notice of
brightness; splendour; splendor