period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
erasure; denial; obliteration; ignoring (an opinion)
pus; corruption; rot; evils
difficult to say which of the two is better; hard to tell which is better; (there is) little to choose between them
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
real nuisance; becoming inconvenienced by someone else's problems (through no fault of one's own)
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky
descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn; subsidence
well done!; good job!; good work!; you did it!; bravo!
to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
to comfort; to console; to amuse
self-torturing; masochistic
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
to participate in (as a member); to get involved in
and; thereupon; because of that
intelligence gathering; information gathering
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living
information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing
analysis; analytical study; parsing; parse
to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out
limited; limiting; restrictive
viewing as ...; seeing as ...; treating as ...; regarding as ...
development; exploitation
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
unsettled; pending; unresolved
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
ease of use; user-friendliness; usability; utility; convenience
for the time being; for the present; immediate; present; for some time (after); current account
to bring to a finish; to bind firmly; to superintend
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
intermission (between acts); interlude
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
such a thing; something like that
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
to throw a punch at; to swing at; to strike out at; to raise a hand against
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
to take the middle (between the two); to split the difference