to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
living environment; habitat
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
ominous place outside the human world; mysterious place where no human being lives; uninhabited area
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making
influence; clout; leverage
rough (estimate, manner, etc.); crude; broad; loose; careless (work)
ratio; proportion; percentage
small; fine; detailed; stingy
to repeat; to do something over again
trial product; prototype model
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
cannibalism; biting (someone); man-eating (e.g. tiger); cannibalistic
house; plastic greenhouse; house music; go to your kennel (cage, bed, etc.)!
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam
plant (i.e. equipment, machinery, etc.); plant; vegetation
extermination; annihilation
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
to end without incident; to not turn into something serious
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
growth; development; stretching (one's body, e.g. when waking up); (ability to) spread (of paint, cream, etc.); elongation; extension
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first
correction; revision; compensation (e.g. to a pendulum)
technical skill; ability; capacity
staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
to have a talk; to tell a story
on bad terms; at loggerheads
Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore
straight-laced person; stubborn person
deviation; departure; omission
major subject; special study
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start