ancestor; forefather; foremother
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
to be(come) intertwined; to be entangled
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
to choke; to be choked by; to be stifled by
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
skirmish; brush (with the enemy); small fight with a military enemy; squabble; quarrel; brief argument
to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
magic; Magic Marker; felt-tip pen; magic number
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
pearls thrown before swine; unused possession; useless possession; waste of talent
just because; even if; even though
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
truth; reality; seriousness; logical truth; printed style writing; star performer
to burn down (to the ground); to clear away by burning; to reduce to ashes; to burn off
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
(large number of people, esp. students) singing and dancing around a bonfire at night
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
to arise; to break out; to well up; to burst
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
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)
as if nothing had happened
scattering (in all directions)
astonished beyond words; speechless out of shock
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
wrong; different; not like that
analysis; analytical study; parsing; parse
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
second (unit of time); arc second