preparations; preliminary arrangements; spade work; mise en place; groundwork
direction (of a play, film, etc.); production; organization (of an event); arrangement; staging (for effect)
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
turning point; critical juncture; knot (in a tree, etc.)
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
way (of doing); manner; method
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
intricate; elaborate; complicated; complex
mischief; prank; mischievous; naughty; pastime; hobby
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
early days; early years; early stages; initial stages; beginning
to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to become engrossed in; to become absorbed in; to become frayed and dishevelled (of hair, grass, etc.); to be fluffy
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)
devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment
autonomy; self-control; self-discipline; autonomy (in Kantian ethics)
depending on; dependent on
call; summons; call; invocation; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse)
continuation; succession; series; continuous
capacity; volume; capacitance
arranging in a line; standing in a row; parallel (electronics, computing, etc.)
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied (e.g. physics, linguistics, research)
free; unrestricted; (with) complete mastery; completely in control
how long; how far; how much
reinforcement; augmentation; strengthening; increase; buildup
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
to take (something) along; to bring with one; to carry (something) away; to bear
difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...
(biological) neural network; neural circuit; nerve network
using all one's strength; using all one's might
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
to twist; to screw; to wrench; to sprain
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusing; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous