nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
opinion; view; comment; scolding; reprimand; rebuke
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
police officer; policeman; policewoman
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
several hundred; hundreds (of)
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
historical; traditional; historic
to be reborn; to be reincarnated; to turn over a new leaf; to become a new person; to be reorganized; to be transformed
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
23rd day of the month; 23 days
place; position; location; position; standing; status
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
laughingstock; butt of ridicule
steering; piloting; flying; management (of people); handling; manipulation
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
(making a) lesson (of); (setting an) example; warning
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill; check; bill; promissory note
calm; composed; cool; quiet
disaster; tragedy; tragic incident; horrible accident
still; yet; more; still more; furthermore; in addition
stupid; dim-witted; dense; dull; obtuse; slow
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
foul play; cheating; cunning person; sly fellow; cheat
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
eruption; volcanic eruption
endlessly; ceaselessly; nonstop; incessantly