concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
to have a talk; to tell a story
transactions; dealings; business
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
proclamation; official notice; touch; contact
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to lob (e.g. grenades)
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
tasteless and odorless; bland
extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out
Clostridium botulinum (bacteria that causes botulism)
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
this world; this life; world of the living
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement
tree frog (esp. the Japanese tree frog, Hyla japonica)
poisonous snake; poisonous serpent
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
language of flowers; floriography; flower symbolism, e.g. red roses mean love
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
competition; rivalry; something worth doing
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
just a minute; small quantity