evacuation advisory; official advice to evacuate
agonizing cries; pandemonium; two of Buddhism's hells
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
heavy blow; major blow; severe blow; serious damage
assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)
newcomer; new figure; new member; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards); Homo sapiens
fire; trace of fire; force of a fire; cause of a fire (lighter, match, spark, etc.)
malice; ill will; bad air; noxious vapour; miasma
two sheets (of paper or other flat objects)
handstand; headstand; being upside down; being in reverse
one's social standing; one's position; one's place; one's station in life
succession; continuation; series; sequence
having an ancient and honorable origin; of good lineage; of noble birth
grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit
trouble; bother; number of moves; number of punches; number of liberties
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
Thursday; wood (first of the five elements)
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); victory; strictness; cruelty
metallic taste; taste of iron
rivalry (between two irreconcilable forces); conflict; strife; mutual overcoming cycle (of the five elements in Chinese philosophy; wood overcomes earth, earth overcomes water, water overcomes fire, fire overcomes metal, metal overcomes wood); excessive destructive cycle
(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)
stage assistant dressed in black; stagehand; prompter; behind-the-scenes supporter; string-puller
(of a woman) strong-minded; spirited; mannish
same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism
to be clearly ahead of the competition; to stand out noticeably above one's rivals; to stand out from the crowd
likes and dislikes; tastes; preferences; pickiness (esp. about food); choosiness; fussiness
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
professional; pro; program; production; proletarian; proletariat
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
turning away from; shift away from; being far removed from; being very different from; becoming independent of
preeminence; excellence; superiority; transcendence
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
malicious; scheming; black-hearted; cruel (contrary to outward behavior); sly; black-hearted
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time