to reach a situation about which nothing can be done
feigning ignorance; acting dumb
difficult to get into; not be easily influenced into joining some mood or activity
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
(one's) seating posture; way one sits
stylish; fashionable; dressing (oneself) up; dressing smartly; fashionable dresser; smartly dressed person
directivity; directionality; intentionality
marker (pen); marker (object); scorekeeper (esp. in golf); marker
very close (to); within a stone's throw (of); a stone's throw away (from)
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of
reduced scale; scaling down
outskirts (of a town); edge (of a town); just outside the city limits
abandoned factory; disused factory
cover (e.g. for illegal activity); front; Dendropanax trifidus (species of flowering plant); straw raincoat that makes one invisible
running off in the night (to leave one's old life behind, e.g. to get away from debt); moonlight flit; skipping town overnight; upping and leaving under the cover of darkness; midnight vanishing act
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
factory; plant; mill; workshop
attaching (documents, etc.); appending; affixing
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
form (as opposed to substance); format; form; formality; form; mode
bring-your-own (e.g. food and drink); carry-on (e.g. luggage)
BC; Before Christ; biological and chemical (weapons)
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel; castor; caster
(doing) together; one lump; one mixture; the same; identical; (at) the same time
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
to be enrolled (in a college, course of study, etc.); to be a member (of an organization)
robbery; pillage; seizure; hijacking; plunder; extortion
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre
breaking the front line; frontal breakthrough
to take (someone) by surprise; to do something unexpected
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically; strategy; tactics
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command