home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
difference; variation; difference
troops; group members; team members
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
colourless; colorless; achromatic; neutral (position); impartial
wonder; admiration; being struck with admiration
bulky; massive; thick; heavy
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
extremely low temperature (below 0.01 K)
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
standard practice; playing by the book; established tactic; joseki (in go); standard sequence (esp. in a corner); standard move
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
(navigable) canal; waterway
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
to face on; to look out on to
artificial object; man-made object; artifact; artefact
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable
environment; circumstance
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
mysterious; bewitching; alluring; enticing; enchanting
to scrutinize; to scrutinise
I don't know ...; how about ...?; I wonder; what about ..?
eardrum; tympanic membrane
to stick into; to pierce; to run into
to have both; to possess both; to combine with
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
nimble; agile; quick; quick (thinking); smart; alert
to come alive; to get going; to start to move