wisdom; intellectual power; intelligence; mental capacity; brains
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
to think of; to come up with
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
germination; germ; sprout; bud; sign
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
to have a nightmare; to make a noise during a nightmare
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
dozens; scores of; decades
innumerable; countless; numberless
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
optimization; optimisation
amount of information; information content (information theory); Shannon information; surprisal
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
wee-wee; pee-pee; number one
that's the way it is; such is life
to read thoroughly; to read repeatedly; to express (e.g. emotion in poetry); to read (extra meaning) into (something); to fetch (e.g. CPU inst.); to read (data into a system)
throughput; processing power
puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout; bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines)
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh
mere consolation; temporary peace of mind
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution
insufficient; not enough; lacking; dim-witted; slow; one brick short of a full load
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)