fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
that's the way it is; such is life
nonsense; (having) terrible taste; unstylish
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
successive generations; successive emperors
female principal; headmistress
doctors; teachers; lawyers
discovery; detection; finding
shrill; strident; sharp (pain, e.g. headache, earache); ice-cold; very cold
with a snap; (breaking) cleanly; (rejecting) sternly; flatly; smartly; (dressing up) well
to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
place to put something; storage space; storehouse; depository; repository; shed
to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent
true state; actual condition; reality
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
verification; confirmation; on-site inspection (by a judge, investigator, etc.) to gather physical evidence; verification
apathy; lethargic state; state of lassitude
eccentric; crank; weirdo; oddball
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
to jump on (a horse); to jump onto (a bus, train, etc.); to jump into (a taxi)
to open a pathway (to); to find a way (to); to open the door (to); to pave the way (for)
to think constantly about; to dwell on
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to believe implicitly; to believe firmly; to believe entirely
congestion; crush; crowding; confusion; disorder
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
part of the eyebrow closest to the nose
to wrinkle up (e.g. one's eyebrows, nose, etc.); to furrow; to crimple
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
crack; crevice; split; opening of the vagina; slit
fighting to be first; scrambling to take the lead
to crawl out; to creep out; to begin to crawl
rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt