smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
to kick the bucket; to drop dead; to die; to be pooped; to be exhausted; to be knackered
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
persistence; fortitude; indomitability
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
lattice; latticework; window bars; grid; grating
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
infant; baby; little child
limits; boundary; domain; area (e.g. in programming languages)
puppet; marionette; puppeteer; (arch.) prostitute
right of control; supremacy; sovereignty
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
extremely important; essential; vital; crucial
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
having said that; on the other hand
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
(social) class; rank; grade
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
family; members of a family
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
to be petrified; to be unable to move; to be paralyzed (with horror); to be stupefied (with amazement)
departed spirit; soul of the dead; ghost; apparition
the scruff or nape of the neck
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal
to mount up; to pile up; to accumulate; to increase
good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
to go pale; to grow pale; to lose color; to turn white
to look after; to take care (of); to favor; to gaze at; to stare at; to set one's eyes on
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
to kill with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); to slay; to put to the sword
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy