cheap article; poor-quality article
(school) period; period or division of time; time limit
steel cable; steel wire rope
shaft (e.g. machinery); axle; shaft (of a golf club); mine shaft; pit
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
rustling (as of silk); slithering (sound); whizzing; hissing
raging waves; stormy seas; hardships; troubles; adversities
to follow; to come after; to come next (to); to rank next (to); to rank second (to)
verge of death; dying moments
first-class; first-rate; characteristic (of); peculiar (to); school (e.g. of flower arrangement); one flag
playing dead; feigning death; playing possum
planarian (any flatworm of family Planaria)
general term; generic name
another; different; separate; discrete
to be extremely dangerous
to take over; to obtain by transfer; to inherit; to buy; to purchase
extinguishment; destruction; effacement
court; Imperial Palace or household
ban (e.g. on smoking); prohibition
covered in blood; bloodstained; bloody; gory
hiding place; hideout; refuge; retreat; hideaway
professionalism; professional awareness; professional attitude
to get along well together; to be close to each other
downy hair; down; vellus hair; lanugo
to be in focus; to come into focus
danger to oneself; (fear of) one's physical safety
state (of affairs); condition; developments; movements
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
accelerator (pedal); gas pedal
derisory; negligible; minimal; nominal; imperceptible
to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
acceptance limits; admission quota; area of eligibility
to discard; to abandon; to neglect; to let be
circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)