to be exhausted; to be tired out
to tell; to announce; to declare; to pass (a sentence); to order
peril; danger; hazard; distress
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
hand game (e.g. rock-paper-scissors)
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
canned food; tinned food; confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work); being stuck in a confined space
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
by means of; due to; because of; according to
suddenly; abruptly; deliberately; slowly; gently
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
French possession; French territory
in terms of; from the point of view of
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
the south; southward; southern direction; countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)
relaxed and enjoyable; spacious; vast; heavily trafficked; bustling
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
sweep of the tide; drift of the tide; tidal current
clouds and haze; swarm (of people); throng; (flee) like the wind; (run) out of sight
to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front