to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
singing of insects (esp. in autumn); sound of insects
small stream; brooklet; murmuring (as of a stream)
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
rustling of leaves; rustling of grass
to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess
laboratory animal; experimental animal
bursting with youth and energy (esp. young woman); vivaciously young; (fish) jumping around energetically (e.g. when caught in a net); bursting (e.g. seams); tight; splattering (e.g. cooking oil)
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself
federal government (e.g. USA, Australia, Mexico, Germany, Canada)
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
whole nation; whole land; whole country
to mix with; to be mixed; to be mingled
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
to be angry; to resent; to be enraged; to be indignant
to expose to danger; to imperil; to jeopardize
furthermore; besides; moreover; in addition; further; above or beyond this
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
to extend; to expand; to spread out
to become unrestrained and go to excess; to lose all restraint; to lose one's tension and become relaxed; to let go; to become disorderly; to be scattered
order; discipline; regularity; system; method
(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
obligation; duty; charge; responsibility
sensible; perceptive; quick to understand; understanding; sympathetic
to act like a grown up; to pretend to be an adult
criticism; blame; rejection; flick (of the finger)
(enforced) confinement; internment; detention by legal force