entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.); appearance (on the scene); arrival (on the market); emergence
chance; opportunity; occasion
have to (do, be); must (do, be); is indispensable; is absolutely necessary
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
case (container); case (instance, situation); case
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
occurrence; incidence; generation (of power, heat, etc.); production; ontogeny; development
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe
to dig down; to dig into (a matter); to delve into; to probe into
recording (in a book, the minutes, etc.); printing; including; recording (audio or video)
two (long cylindrical things)
gap; opening; spare moment; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture
bad reputation; poor reception; unpopularity; disrepute
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
episode; anecdote; vignette; episode
short story; short film; short poem
(physical) form; shape; visage; (facial) features; form (as opposed to substance); manner (of action); (resultant) state
original story (as opposed to a sequel, spin-off, etc.); main story; this volume; the movie (as opposed to the trailers; at a movie theater); feature film (main item in a cinema program); movie based on a TV series
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
Common Era; CE; Christian Era; Western (Gregorian) calendar
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
COVID-19; coronavirus disease 2019
spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
becoming more serious or severe; aggravation; intensification
exactly; just; right (when); just (as); just (about to); on the point of
explosive growth of infections; explosion of cases of an infection
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
serious; severe; grave; acute
state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid