essential; important; crucial; vital; main
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
some; few; somewhat; to a certain extent; (arch.) many; (arch.) a lot
control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
to harm; to cause harm to
troublesome; annoying; complicated
to take advantage of one's carelessness; to perform a surprise attack
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
great speed; recklessly fast speed
fall; drop; descent; coming down
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
superb view; picturesque scenery
scream; shriek; shout; exclamation
whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
unexpectedly; surprisingly
dive (e.g. into water); (underwater) diving; dive (of an aircraft)
unexpectedly; surprisingly
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
course correction; trajectory change; orbital adjustment
counter for chairs or seats
several times; a few times
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
following; pursuing; tracking; shadowing; tailing; chasing
immediately; right away; on the spot
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
overcoat; greatcoat; cloak; wrap; mantle
doubt; suspicion; fear; apprehension
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
daikon julienne; julienned daikon; one ten-millionth