grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch; mage
light; light (colour, food, comedy, etc.); right; right field; right fielder
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
to be better (than); to be superior; to surpass; to excel; to be excellent
uninhabited area; acting inhumanly; inhuman person; nonhuman life (usu. sentient)
to hate; to dislike; to avoid; to disregard; to act without regard (for); to be bad for (e.g. dust in machinery)
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
to see without obstruction; to get an unobstructed view (of); to see into (someone's thoughts); to read (someone's feelings, intentions, etc.); to foresee; to predict
the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
first-class; first-rate; characteristic (of); peculiar (to); school (e.g. of flower arrangement); one flag
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
performance; trick; feat; extraordinary deed; daring act; bold move
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
to step aside; to move (out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else
to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through
to intend; to be sure that
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
owl (esp. the Ural owl, Strix uralensis)
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
nocturnality; nocturnal habits
abundant; plentiful; rich; ample
to be reluctant to do; to hesitate to do; to be unable to do; to not be in a position to do
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
such ... as; or some such
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
aim (of a gun, bow, etc.); aim; object; objective
unexpected; surprising; unanticipated; strange; unforeseen
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
predation; eating prey; preying upon
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series; -type
sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed; sharp (pain, tone, etc.); acute; keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.); acute
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
to jump up; to leap up; to fly up (into the sky); to soar up; to jump ahead; to skip ahead
to knock down; to knock off
resistance (to heat, corrosion, etc.); tolerance (to a drug, pain, etc.); resistance (to drugs, pesticides, etc.)