secret plan; secret scheme; secret stratagem; secret method
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
cooperation; collaboration; (joint) participation
unforeseen; unexpected; sudden; accidental
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
to muster (e.g. courage); to gather; to collect; to pluck up
to grasp back; to squeeze back; to grab back
stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
spirits; excitement; tension; tension (mental strain); anxiety
relation; relative; kind; cordial
to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of
natural phenomenon (phenomena)
to die out; to become extinct
spoken language; colloquial expression
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
state of slight intoxication; being a little drunk
composition (of painting); structural outline; compositional arrangement
unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious
to cry one's eyes out; to make one's eyes swollen from crying
ding (of a bell); bing; honk (i.e. sound of blowing one's nose); snort; heating in a microwave; cooking in a microwave
one school; one sect; one denomination; one party; one faction; one group
apathy; lethargic state; state of lassitude
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
normal; usual; ordinary; everyday
meat dish; meat-based cuisine
global scale; worldwide scale
modest; reserved; quiet; frugal; simple; plain
secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes
to wreak damage on; to cause trouble to; to ravage; to go around causing damage; to rampage from place to place; to ravage far and wide
to do without being seen (by); to do behind (someone's) back; to do without the knowledge of (e.g. one's parents)
to have guts; to be plucky; to have nerves of steel
to peel (roughly); to tear off; to rip off
deeply (stab, thrust, etc.); hard