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emergency staircase; fire escape

2

stop

1

such a stupid ...; what a crazy ...; no way!; what nonsense!; how can that be?

1

high and low; rise and fall

1

(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place

1

locked room; secret room

1

against; contrary to

1

to waste time

1

to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return

1

elevator landing; elevator hall

6

slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling

1

rising; ascending; climbing

1

number of stairs or stories (storeys); rank; order

2

minimal amount

1

to put in order; to tidy up; to settle (a matter); to solve; to finish; to get through

1

digital

1

lamp; light

1

to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses

1

stainless steel

1

board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board

1

mental condition; state of mind; mentality

1

cage

9

pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless

1

to be able to see

1

floor; dance floor; sales floor; floor (of a building); storey

1

whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")

1

simultaneously; all at once; in unison

1

to be petrified; to be unable to move; to be paralyzed (with horror); to be stupefied (with amazement)

2

dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful

1

to pour on

5

high luminance (used to describe bold-face text on display screen)

1

twentieth century; Nijisseiki pear (variety of nashi); Nijusseiki pear

1

bestseller

1

MagLite; Maglite

7

to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise

1

to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon

1

to be dizzy; to be disoriented; to be dazzled; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.)

1

to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)

1

to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) someone down (esp. with sexual connotations)

3

to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain

2

to turn one's back to

1

terrazzo

1

spark

1

to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread

1

lighting (a lamp); turning on a light

1

panic

1

to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve

1

impact (of a projectile); landing (of a bullet); striking

2

sound; noise; (speech) sound; Chinese-derived reading of a kanji

1

to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself

1