prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
copy; photocopy; book jacket blurb; (advertising) slogan
to make sure of; to ascertain; to confirm; to grasp
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
to come to realize; to become aware (of)
to quicken; to speed up; to gather speed
invasion; raid; attack; visitation (of a calamity)
standard practice; playing by the book; established tactic; joseki (jōseki); standard sequence of moves (esp. in a corner)
region of the heart; central part; heart (e.g. of a city); center
news; word; tidings; omen; foreboding; premonition
impudence; shamelessness; brazenness; brazen person; shameless person; impudent person
one cup (of); one glass (of); one drink (of alcohol); full; filled (with); fully; to capacity
conifer forest; coniferous forest; needle-leaved forest
how things should be; the way something ought to be; ideal state; ideal form
to be far apart (from); to be a long way off (from); to be remote; to be very different (from); to be quite unlike; to be far from (e.g. the truth)
shock (emotional); shock (physical); impact; crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; (circulatory) shock
accelerated; accelerating; gathering speed; exponentially increasing
deterioration; getting worse; worsening; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
to emit; to spout; to spurt; to boil over
very great; enormous; serious
true state; actual condition; reality
to help (someone) out of trouble; to rescue; to save
revamping; reshaping; rearranging; reorganizing
continual change; vicissitudes; transmigration; metempsychosis
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
to rebound; to recoil; to splash; to have a repercussion; to have a reciprocal effect
in the city; within the city
central part; heart (of a city, etc.)
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
cry (e.g. of a baby); sob; whine; tearful voice; weepy voice
becoming complicated; becoming involved; being intricate; becoming entangled; becoming jumbled; becoming mixed up
moving (location, with the times, etc.); change; metastasis; spread; transition (e.g. phase transition); transfer (of learning)
sample; example; specimen; display model (e.g. plastic food models used by restaurants)
connection; attachment; changing trains; conjunction
to read and understand; to interpret (e.g. a difficult text); to read deeply; to decipher; to decode