to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
preconception; preconceived notion; prejudice
to expose (a secret); to disclose; to take apart; to take to pieces; to kill; to do away with
preface; foreword; introduction
interpretation (i.e. oral translation); interpreter
prop; stay; support; brace; fulcrum
guidance; showing the way; guide; guidepost; signpost; waymark
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
decoration; ornament; trimmings
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
sanity; consciousness; soberness
nodding off (while sitting); dozing
indecisive; irresolute; shilly-shally; vacillating
to notice; to realize; to be attentive; to be scrupulous; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses)
certain; sure; no doubt; reliable; dependable
back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
extinction (e.g. of a family); dying out; discontinuation; severance (e.g. of relations); rupture; breaking off
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
to part (from); to part company (with); to split (with); to break off relations (with)
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
complete works; complete collection; complete series
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
average; ordinary; normal
level; standard; water level
about the middle (of an era); middle lobe (right lung); median lobe (prostate)
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
uprooting; pulling up (a plant) by the roots; eradicating; rooting out; all (destroyed, stolen, etc.); completely
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
to speak ill of; to disparage
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
middle way; (golden) mean; moderation; the Doctrine of the Mean (one of the Four Books)
limitation; restriction; condition; constraints
identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market