fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
hail (esp. hailballs 5 mm or greater)
implication; hidden meaning; latitude; atmosphere; tone; sentiment
to be knotty (of a tree, etc.); to be gnarled; to be rough and bony (hands, fingers, etc.); to be gnarled; to be knobby
weather; the elements; fair weather; fine weather
site (usu. website); sight; payable on sight
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
fat; tallow; lard; grease
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
offensive smell; off-flavor; off-flavour
severely beaten up; repeatedly punched and kicked; thoroughly defeated; attacked relentlessly (with words); fiercely criticised; bombarded with verbal abuse
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
ignoring; bypassing; doing something without consultation; going over someone's head
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain
continuation; succession; series
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
change of color; change of colour; fading; discoloration; discolouration
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
Western clothing; Western binding
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
upper reaches (of a river); upper stream; top; upper part; long ago; beginning; first
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
follow-up report; further news
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
waking up early; getting up early; early rising
breathing of a sleeping person