about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
second (unit of time); arc second
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
goal; basket (basketball); finishing line; Gaul
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
who on earth; just exactly who; who the heck
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
(no matter) who; everyone; anyone; nobody
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to gain in skill; to improve; to get better
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
whispering; murmuring; subdued
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes; skin round one's eyes
left behind (for later use)
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
classical form of martial art
impossible; unlikely; improbable
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
to gasp for air; to pant; to be out of breath
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post