departure (from a base); takeoff; launch; starting (to move; of a car); start; moving off
to incline toward; to slant; to go down (sun, moon); to sink; to decline; to wane
navigation; (car) navigation system; navigator
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
shoulder (of a road); berm
wickedness; evil; iniquity; wrongness
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
to skip (a class, responsibility, etc.); to shirk; to dodge; to break (a promise); to ignore
to leave (someone) alone; to leave to oneself; to leave (someone) be
had better ...; had better not ...
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
metre (unit of length); meter; meter; gauge
shallowish; somewhat shallow; on the shallow side; rather shallow
dry riverbed; river beach
to push (something) out; to jut out (can have a negative nuance); to protrude; to rise out the trap door (on stage)
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
downstream; lower reaches of a river; lower classes
insurance; guarantee; warranty
educational endowment insurance
luckily; blessedly; fortunately
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
Japanese freshwater crab (Geothelphusa dehaani)
suddenly; all of a sudden; abruptly; very; absolutely; by far
to talk; to chat; to chatter
clink; clack; feeling annoyed; being offended; being hurt
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
throwing stones; slingshot; sling
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch
standard; criterion; norm; benchmark; measure; gauge
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
unimpressive; unimpressed
the one before last; two generations, etc. previous
to comb down; to smooth down
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
children's song; nursery rhyme
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful