thereafter; after doing that; followed by
point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes
earth; ground; the solid earth; the (vast) land
to stop; to halt; to have (someone) stay; to put up (a guest); to fasten; to pin
right under; directly below; right beneath
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
to conceal one's true nature or feelings; to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite
harsh (taste, feeling, etc.); acrid; sharp (language, question, etc.); biting; nasty; gross
opening; start; opening credits; title sequence; theme song (played during the opening credits of a TV show, etc.)
to break into fragments; to go to pieces
front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan
not limited to; not just ...
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
general public; the masses
aesthetic sense; sense of beauty; eye for the beautiful
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
to pretend; to act (as if)
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
extremity; end; bound; limit
intrusion; bursting into; barging into; breaking into; forcing one's way into
authorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; certification; recognition
scriptwriter; playwright; scenario writer
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
to act like a know-it-all; to pretend you know everything; to fancy one is an authority
walking heavily; lumbering
Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore
B; b; basement floor (as in B1F)
evaporation; disappearance (of a person); vanishing without a trace
professor; teaching; instruction
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
revival; resuscitation; revitalization; rejuvenation; regeneration
to filch; to snatch; to steal (an idea, work, etc.); to plagiarize; to arrest; to nab
depiction; description; portrayal
side effect; adverse reaction
murder; homicide; manslaughter
to push; to propel; to shove; to spur (someone); to stimulate; to impel
to fire (a gun); to shoot; to let off; to loose off; to blow (someone) away