middle-distance (races); intermediate-range (missile)
(sea) voyage; navigation; sailing; passage; cruise
Japanese scull (oar attached to the rear of the boat by a traditional peg-in-hole oarlock)
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
(air or sea) route; course; line; run
departure from a port; leaving port; setting sail
flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession
to fan; to incite; to instigate
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)
favourable wind; favorable wind
(not) a single person; (no) one
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
heated (e.g. debate); passionate
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
flying; leaping; zero; naught; flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo); running out of points (zero or fewer)
beyond; across; the other side; the distance
to fly away; to flee away; to scatter
witnessing; observing; sighting
suspicion (of others); jealousy
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
habit; behavior; behaviour; trait
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
cellar; cave; hole in the ground
hibernation; winter sleep; torpor
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
kernel; core; nucleus; center; centre
diversion; putting something to another use
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
to clash; to collide; to conflict; to meet (by chance); to come across; to run into
full house; no vacancy; sold out; standing room only; full (of people); crowded
to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession