passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
(on) land; ground; shore; track-and-field events
hero; the brave; man of valour (valor)
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
to drive into; to ride into; to extend (a railway line, bus route, etc.) into; to link (a railway line) with; to join up with (a separate line)
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
to fly; to race away; to vanish; to disappear; to rush over; to hurry over
to be born; to come into the world
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
to make sacrifices for; to pay dearly for
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
charge; rush; dash; assault; attack
bigoted; obstinate; stubborn; pigheaded
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
just because; even if; even though
what (e.g. "what rudeness"); what (something) is like
conceit; hubris; vanity; presumption
(received) favor, kindness or blessing (favour)
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
corruption; immorality; lapse from virtue; fall from virtue
mean bastard; sneak; heel; despicable person
use of seductive techniques to attain one's ends (usu. of women)
low-life; sleazebag; boor; person of humble rank; humble person; peasant
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily
perplexity; difficult question; difficult problem
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred