stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
production (e.g. play); direction
fan service; giving one's fans what they want
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
very hungry; starving; fawning; bowing and scraping; giving in; being dented
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
small fraction; small proportion
to look coldly at; to turn a cold shoulder
just because; even if; even though
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
university or college offering four-year programs; the big four ...; the four major ...
to fire a gun; to let off a gun; to loose off a shell
suddenly; abruptly; deliberately; slowly; gently
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
boom; bang; wham; Oh my God!; What a shock!
preference; priority; precedence
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
same; similar; (just) like; equal
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
(period of) a year; during an era
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
leading; foremost; preeminent; outstanding; one of the best
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
extermination; annihilation