white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
to repaint; to paint again; to break (a record); to rewrite; to remake
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
scenery; scene; landscape
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
foul play (sport); breaking the rules; infringement; irregularity
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.)
so; like this; in this way
treasure; treasured item; prized possession
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
in comparison to; rather than
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
blank space (in documents); vacuum; blank; void
(period of) a year; during an era
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout