to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
road approaching a shrine
pin (e.g. hairpin, bowling pin, golf pin, etc.); one (on dice, in cards, etc.); beginning; best; kickback
luxury cruise ship; luxury liner
final destination; last stop; end; conclusion; goal
available room (hotel); vacancy; room to let
manuscript; version; draft
toes; tips of the toes; toe of a shoe, sock, etc.
gunpowder magazine; magazine; explosives warehouse; (fig.) powder keg
quay; wharf; jetty; wall-like shoreline; cliff wall
interval; break; rift (in clouds)
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
freely; frankly; without reserve
I got it; I see; I now know; So that's the reason
flair; flash; insight; flash (of inspiration, wit, etc.); waving (e.g. of a flag in the wind)
living in a group; communal living; community life
slight; little; insignificant
casualties; injuries and deaths
disintegration; self-destruction
to ask the opinion of (a superior)
shortage of stock; scarcity of goods
beyond help; there's nothing that can be done
simmering; (boiling) gently
to boil; to be boiling hot; to be on a rolling boil
to well up; to burst; to arise
master inventor; king of inventors (e.g. Edison)
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
(beheading) block; guillotine; scaffold
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
assembly hall; parliament house; diet building; capitol; houses of parliament; congress hall
unbelievable; incredible; implausible
fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight
Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty
very careful; thoroughly prepared
behind with everything; too late; reactive
Shen Long (spiritual dragon in Chinese mythology); Shen-lung