10,000; ten thousand; 10^4
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
serious crime; grave sin; mortal sin; deadly sin
innocent (e.g. child); pure (e.g. heart)
to be choked up; to be crushed (emotionally); to be overcome (with emotion); to be shocked; to be horrified
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
imperial decree; imperial edict
consists of; comprises; is made up of
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
to be grateful; to feel grateful; to be thankful
death penalty; capital punishment
to be dispelled (of doubts, ill feeling, etc.); to disappear; to be put behind one; to burst (of a boil, abscess, etc.)
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
such a thing; something like that
shooting down (an aircraft)
to fire (a gun); to shoot; to let off; to loose off; to blow (someone) away
tools and materials; equipment and materials
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
permanent suspension; permanent ban
to hum (a tune); to sing to oneself; to croon
in succession; one after another
to take over (someone's duties, business, etc.); to inherit; to succeed to; to hand over
thousand years; millennium; (fig.) long time
philosophical view; looking at philosophically; long view; farsighted view
rat (esp. a laboratory rat)
guinea pig (Cavia porcellus); subject of an experiment; (human) guinea pig
to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)
to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.); to take (a measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
human experiment; human experimentation; experiment on a living person
disagreeable; unpleasant; adverse; unsympathetic
science; learning; scholarship; arts and sciences; academic pursuits
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
tacit approval; tacit permission; connivance; acquiescence; toleration; overlooking
putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the means for the end; getting one's priorities backwards
mid-air breakage; mid-air disintegration
elimination (of a person, group, etc.); killing off; denial (of an opinion, fact, etc.); ignoring; erasure (of writing); rubbing out