copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy
weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection (e.g. natural selection)
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
check; checkmate; stave off; control; restraint; inhibit
unidentifiable; unidentified
detection; sense (e.g. sensor)
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
100,000,000; one hundred million
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
increase; multiplication; propagation; proliferation
to crawl out of; to creep out of
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
several; various; divergent; conflicting; different; diverse
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
to pick up; to find; to gather
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
it's no joke; gimme a break!
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
Why?; Why not?; What for?; What's wrong?
having one's back to the wall; having nowhere to go; having no way out; not having another chance
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
very great; enormous; serious
postponement; deferment; extension (of time)
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
subjugation (using military force); suppression; subduing
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
calamity; disaster; misfortune
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
inside; interior; inner part
to bite and tear; to bite a hole in
to take care; to mind; to be attentive
to wake up (someone; by calling out); to awaken; to bring back (e.g. memories); to evoke; to recall
shintai; object of worship believed to contain the spirit of a deity, typically housed in a shrine