black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
paper-thin wafer (for wrapping powdered medicine, candies, etc.)
oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!
to achieve results; to be successful (in a venture, etc.)
never (even in error); never, ever; never, no matter what happens; by no means
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
going around in circles; circling a temple; roll-call vote
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
to wrench open; to prize open; to pick (lock)
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip
to grasp back; to squeeze back; to grab back
round and cute (esp. of eyes)
jump; jumping event (skiing, track and field); jumping (to another page after clicking a hyperlink); jump (in price); sudden rise
radicalization; radicalisation; intensification; aggravation; sharpening (e.g. of an image); narrowing (of a peak)
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air
panoramic view; bird's-eye view
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution
very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
cancelling (a debt); forgiving (a debt); being even; forgetting (what was said or done); pretending (something never happened)
being prepared for a theoretical (ideological) argument; being armed with theoretical backing
original (that was parodied or acted as an inspiration for something else, etc.); source
to push away; to push aside; to shove
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
home area; home town; local
scorpion (Scorpiones spp.)
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
to warm up to; to become enthusiastic about; to be elated
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
to die; (lit.) to become a star
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
constellation; astrological sign; star sign; zodiac sign
asterism (pattern of stars which do not form a constellation)
shade; tone; tinge; hue; colour; color
stars; the stars and planets; celestial bodies
series (of something); range (e.g. of mountains)
Orion (constellation); the Hunter