darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to make clear; to clarify; to disclose; to make public
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip
shortage of talented people; shortfall in human resources
remaining unchanged (from the old state of things); none the better for the change (if at all)
to breathe new life into; to usher in a new phase; to break the mold
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
royal capital; imperial capital
abstaining from smoking; quitting smoking; No Smoking!; Smoking Prohibited!
boom; rage; fad; boom; cross-arm
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
exposure; sensitization; sensitisation
scenery; scene; landscape
manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
to bake; to plate; to print; to burn into one's memory; to sear into one's consciousness
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
photographer; cameraman; camera operator; cinematographer
stock-in-trade; tools of one's trade
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not