to have one's breath taken away; to gasp (in surprise, wonder, etc.); to have one's breath catch in one's throat; to gulp
to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)
the Four Heavenly Kings (Dhrtarastra, Virudhaka, Virupaksa, and Vaisravana); the big four (i.e. four leaders in a given field)
to bring (news, knowledge, etc.); to introduce; to bring about; to cause; to produce (e.g. results)
natural disaster; natural calamity; act of God
modern times; the modern age; this day and age
note; memorandum; memo; memoirs; personal account
inspection; reading; perusal; browsing (the web)
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
reading through (a book); finishing (a book)
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
demon; daemon (in Unix, etc.)
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series; -type
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
a handful (of); small amount (of); small number (of); trouncing; crushing
to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle
to add (to); to add on; to append
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
victory; triumph; win; conquest; success
in an instant; in a flash; in the blink of an eye; in no time at all; just like that
secretariat; executive office
to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
to lose (something); to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)
(instruction) manual; operations manual; basic rules (pertaining to how a job should be carried out); (car with) manual transmission
tedious; boring; being fed up with
to order; to command; to appoint
secretary-general; director-general; executive director; executive secretary
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this