true; real; genuine; proper; utter
apron of a gun; cover for the touch-hole on a cannon or matchlock
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
modern person; people of today
to explain; to preach; to advocate; to persuade; to prevail upon; to reason with
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
success; achievement; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
to take back; to get back; to regain; to recover; to restore; to recoup
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
still (continuing); as ever; further
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
open; spacious; extensive
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to fly about; to jump about; to bustle about
feel (of a material); texture
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
corridor; hallway; passageway
direct unforked road; straight path
to move forward; to move on
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
metre (unit of length); meter; meter; gauge
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
area (measurement); square measure; size (of land); floor space
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
letter (of an alphabet); character; writing
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; leaving a passing ball for a teammate (in soccer); letting the ball go past
ancient script; ancient character; ancient alphabet
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
calm; composed; cool; quiet