relatively quickly (esp. actions); quite suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)
to take possession of (forcibly); to take over (a company, account, etc.); to capture (a castle, enemy position, etc.); to hijack (a plane, ship, etc.)
secret passage; underground passage; loophole; hole one can go through; opening
root; origin; source; Ōmoto (religion)
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
to be completely changed (for the worse); to be transformed
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
hidden room; secret chamber
uprooting; pulling up (a plant) by the roots; eradicating; rooting out; all (destroyed, stolen, etc.); completely
to make (tea, coffee, etc.); to brew a beverage (with hot water)
wooden building blocks; wooden bricks; playing with building blocks; piled timber; piling up wood
life-prolonging treatment
clever; smart; sharp (ear, etc.); sensitive; discerning
sentencing; pronouncement of a verdict; passing of sentence; declaration (of a diagnosis, bankruptcy, decision, etc.); announcement; pronouncement
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
being concentrated on one thing; devoting oneself completely to something
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
downpour; pouring rain; heavy rain; pelting rain; cloudburst
sharp-eared; have sharp ears; picks things up fast
crowbar; bar (unit of pressure); bar; café
to knock (a person) off his feet; to hit (something) hard; to send (someone) flying
heavy rain; torrential rainfall; downpour
recycling bin; recycle bin
old clothes; secondhand clothing
watercolor painting; watercolour painting
tolerance; open-mindedness; forbearance; generosity; magnanimity
ratio; proportion; match; equal; compared with ...; relative to ...
to make one's name well known; to gain much fame
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
to decorate gaudily; to overdecorate; to deck out; to embellish
exterior; packaging; cladding; armor (armour); arm
clerk; office worker; office staff
to treat (a guest); to receive; to entertain; to be hospitable to; to make welcome