sphere; circle; range; category
shooting star; falling star; meteor; blaze (wide white stripe down the face of a horse)
proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
hard to reach place; remote place
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
invasion; raid; attack; visitation (of a calamity)
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear
end; tip; extremities; terminal
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
three sides; small offering stand
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
chance; stroke of luck; (curious) turn of events
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
to begin to rain; to begin to snow
to think too much; to be over-concerned
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other
to attract; to draw near; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion
keyword; key word; clue word; keyword; search term; indexing term
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
box; box (in theatre); booth (in restaurant, etc.); small rectangular building (e.g. telephone box); rectangular field area (batter's box, catcher's box); box (calfskin); central 4x4 area (othello)
to make merry; to be festive
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
source (of a transmission, broadcast, etc.); point of origin
coefficient; factor; proportional constant
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
there being no use in arguing (about it)
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside; to set aside; to keep apart; to remove (someone) from the group; to shun
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
lead nowhere; get one nowhere; no use; fruitless; there's no point (in doing)