story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
wooden horse; rocking horse; vaulting horse; horse used in gymnastics; the horse (ancient torture device that one was forced to straddle with rocks hanging from the feet)
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
illustration (e.g. book); picture
to conceal one's true nature or feelings; to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
to go mad; to go crazy; to go insane
to begin to do; to cater; to deliver food
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
affable; amiable; sociable; agreeable
meter; gauge; metre (i.e. 100 cm); meter; animator
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
to be reduced to ashes; to be cremated
substance; real form; main part; main unit; this machine; this appliance; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.)
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter
heavy machinery; heavy equipment; heavy machine gun
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
clap (sound of wooden clappers); chop vigorously; slight movement (e.g. poke, small bird alighting); the end; originally end of a play, marked by clap of clappers; dot (esp. typographical)
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
omission (from a list, record, etc.)
electric appliance store; electrician
repair workshop; garage; repairman
to buy a replacement; to replace by buying something new
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
cathode-ray tube; CRT; Braun tube
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus