protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied
(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)
stairs; stairway; staircase
divergence; ramification; bifurcation; branching off
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
winding; meandering; wriggling; wiggling; waving; swaying
sense of orientation; sense of direction
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
number of characters; number of letters; word count
to behave buggily (of software); to act up; to behave strangely
to get tired; to become exhausted; to become worn out; to become battered (from long use); to get tired of (doing); to get fed up with
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
family a woman has married into
government service; the bureaucracy
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
hair (on the head); tresses; locks
how many years; how long; what year
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
floating; drifting; weightlessness; softly; gently; lightly
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
(playground) slide; (ship) launching platform; sliding bed
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
place; situation; position; location
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
to top up (drinks, water, rice, etc.); to replenish
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
gliding (through the air)
safe and secure; safe and worry-free
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague
being dotted with; being scattered
thick growth of plants; plantation; shrubbery; thicket