to push aside; to brush aside
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
group; bunch; crowd; group
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
attack; assault; attempt; try
profiting while others fight
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
central; main; just (done); freshly (baked); counter for consecutive losses
woven straw mat (orig. made of wild rice leaves); beggar; (arch.) Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
calm; serenity; tranquillity; tranquility
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
if so; in that case; in that situation
to connect; to link together; to pull together; to close tightly; to purse (e.g. lips)
to the utmost; to the best of one's ability
to step firmly; to harden by treading
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
to break through; to penetrate; to pierce
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
remainder; remnant; not very; not much; too much; excessively