shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
winding; meandering; zigzagging; zig-zag; in twists and turns; sinuously
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
innumerable; countless; numberless
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
bipedal walking; walking on two legs
without looking aside; looking neither right nor left; wholeheartedly; single-mindedly
popular name; common name; given name
naming; giving a name; designation; nominal
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
looking; viewing; (please) try (to)
dead end; cul-de-sac; blind alley; end; end of the road; end point
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
great war; great battle; world war
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed
inside; interior; inner part
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
military campaign; battle; war
observation; survey; watching
discovery; detection; finding
side of a geometric shape (e.g. triangle or rectangle)
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
now that; since; so long as; because
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)