desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; being pinned under; being caught under; model; pattern
stroke of the brush; touch; literary style
historical; traditional; historic
hard to understand; Byzantine fashion
victim; injured party; sufferer
cooperation; collaboration; association; community; communal use; common possession
declaration; statement; proclamation
to lend a hand; to give a hand; to help; to extend a helping hand
to hesitate to say; to hem and haw; to falter in one's speech; to be stuck for a word; to mumble
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
to remake; to remold; to remould; to convert; to reconstruct; to adapt
to become frightened; to get scared; to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to get cold feet
backward flow; backflow; countercurrent; reflux; regurgitation
to take the form (of); to assume a shape
unprecedented; never seen before
imagination; supposition; virtual; potential (enemy)
substitution; replacement; permutation; substitution; displacement
to be rearranged; to be moved (around); to be changed; to be replaced; to be exchanged; to be switched
leak; leakage; omission; oversight; I; me
sunlight; rays of the Sun
empty air; sky; shunyata (the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phenomenon); emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
to writhe (in pain); to squirm; to wriggle
friendly army; friendly troops; allied army
richly colored; richly coloured
rainbow-colored; rainbow-coloured
every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of
jack; knave; (electrical) jack; hijack; hijacking
each language; every language
subtitled (of a movie, etc.)
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful
threat; menace; coercion; blackmail
world conquest; world domination; taking over the world