to hijack a bus

plot; storyline; scenario / previously-settled path forwards; scenario

main point, thread (of a story)

branch (thin and long) / something stringy, thin and long state / path / reason / something written in bullet points (terms)

pulse / vein / something that continues (in a straight line, path) / connection

(chiefly Buddhist) a temple

to penetrate / to dedicate oneself

(archaic) one's own father

he/she/I/they/we said: a type of verbal quotation mark used for direct and indirect quotes, also similar to that when used as a coordinating conjunction / used to emphasize a word

Used to draw attention to something objectionable in a discussion.