to settle (a problem); to put an end to (a dispute); to be disposed of; to be settled; to come to an end
sopping wet; dripping wet; sodden; drenched; soaked
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
commuting to school; school commute
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
woven straw mat (orig. made of wild rice leaves); beggar; (arch.) Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)
creek; waterway (including irrigation or drainage canal)
to press forward; to forge ahead; to push on
brilliant; splendid; glorious; magnificent; spectacular
streamer; pennant; windsock
to be doing; to be in the process of doing
to fill (a glass) with water
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
hunt (where the hunting area is surrounded on four sides by hunters)
talk; recital; narration; topic
to wink; to blink; to twinkle; to flicker
to choose the best; to select carefully; to handpick
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
packhorse; workhorse; hack
four corners; four ordinal directions
rank; ranking order; hierarchy
to point upward; to look upward; to improve
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small
first third of a two-hour period
to make an onslaught (on); to close in (on)
to be finished; to be completed; to be done
to break through; to penetrate; to pierce
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
to face on; to look out on to
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence