like; similar to; something like ...; someone like ...
there is no need to ...; it should hardly be necessary to ...
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
machine; race car; racing motorcycle
contract; compact; agreement
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
to remain; to stay (somewhere)
brisk and efficient; diligent; devoted; spirited
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
loyalty; sincerity; allegiance; fidelity; integrity
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting (a difficulty); overcoming; exceeding; passing
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance
to obligate; to make compulsory; to require; to mandate
disclosure; exposure; revelation
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
at that time; in those days
feather; plume; plumage; down
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
partly open; in half bloom
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
to rub together; to reconcile (ideas, proposals, plans); to compare and adjust
impossible to understand; impossible to decipher
potentiality; dormancy; latency
dungeon master (in RPGs); DM; game master; GM
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
to hesitate to; to waver; to be hesitant about
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
to read a large number (of); to read widely; to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre)
(social) class; rank; grade
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...