going around in circles; circling a temple; roll-call vote
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)
knowing; (an) acquaintance
forgetting; lapse of memory
a little over; a little more than; powerhouse; one of the biggest; upper (seismic intensity)
complete; whole; perfect; safe
to have an idea; to have a clue
massive failure; debacle; fiasco
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
cloud of dust (sand, etc.)
attenuation; damping; decay
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
loading (on board); equipping; equipped (with); built-in
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
to scold severely; to thunder against; to give someone hell
getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
interior; backwoods; hinterland; back regions
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
with a rustling sound; (rummaging) around
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes
in every nook and corner; from A to Z; from head to toe; from cover to cover
undiscovered; not found; unexplored
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
to empty; to vacate; to evacuate
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
not worth considering; out of the question
attack; offence; dominant partner of a homosexual relationship; a barrage of; a flood of