to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
oak; orc (fictional race common in fantasy literature); ork
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection (e.g. natural selection)
to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
to escape from; to get out
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
rising; ascending; climbing
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
promotion; raising of status
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
group; party; team; squad; section
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
discovery; detection; finding
dominion; territory; possession
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
research team; investigative team; survey team; reconnaissance team; investigative commission; fact-finding party
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
strongly; violently; quickly; suddenly
and yet; though; when; in spite of
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
bedside; near one's pillow
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
because; the reason is; if you want to know why