dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
group; party; team; organization; organisation; association
to pull over one's eyes (e.g. hat); to wear pulled down over one's eyes
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
declaration; proclamation; announcement
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
appearing one after another; cropping up one after another; occurring in succession
equality; impartiality; evenness
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
number of characters; number of letters; word count
to increase; to add to; to augment
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
to read and understand; to subject to close analysis; to read deeply; to decipher; to decode
subordination; servitude; servility; subordinate; underling
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt
descent (to earth, esp. of a god); advent; epiphany; arrival (of an important person); appearance
presence (impressive quality)
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
being startled, surprised or afraid; panic; trepidation
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to dislocate one's back; to be unable to stand up due to fear or surprise
to see without obstruction; to see through; to forecast; to predict; to anticipate
to go out and away; to leave
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, handicap, etc.); overcoming; bringing under control; subjugation; victory over
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)
incident; affair; happening; event
antiquity; the previous era
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
indulgence (esp. in the Catholic Church); excuse; justification; rationalization
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)