to boost; to force up; to push up
long slits (esp. of eyes)
elimination; erasure; clearing; elimination (of variables)
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
to have a talk; to tell a story
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
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.)
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
company; corporation; workplace
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
release (of a film, music album, software, etc.); publication; release; liberation; release (of a previously pressed mouse button)
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
contest; competition; struggle; scramble
blunder; (careless) mistake; error
pioneer; leader; taking the initiative; leading an attack; charging ahead of others (towards the enemy)
regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
to breathe out; to exhale
basis; based on; conformance; conformity; authority (of); standard
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
early winter; tenth month of the lunar calendar
cold; chill; cold weather; cold wave; cold air
to point upward; to look upward; to improve
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
rugged; scraggy; angular; gnarled
to follow with one's gaze; to follow with the eyes
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
outer circumference; perimeter; outskirts; periphery