to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)
serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
to finish; to get through with; to graduate; to come to an end; to end; to finish doing ...
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
fully prepared; all ready
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
to gather; to collect; to assemble
noisily (crowd of people talking); clamorously; in a hubbub; jabberingly; chatteringly; buzzingly
to be excited; to be nervous; to be thrilled
illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; misconception; misunderstanding
(all) at once; at the same time; in one go; right away; in an instant
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary
encroachment; invasion; erosion (e.g. of market share, rights); erosion; corrosion
twilight (traditionally regarded as a time when accidents and disasters are frequent)
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
to trip someone up; to pull the carpet from under
idiom; set phrase; idiomatic phrase
to distinguish; to discern; to make out; to tell
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
to fall (on); to rain down; to shower down; to befall; to happen (to)
East Asian lacquer; japan; Chinese lacquer tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum, formerly Rhus verniciflua)
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
generous; soft-hearted; having a good personality
programme; program; plans; arrangements
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
senior; elder; person older than oneself
nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner