fork; junction; parting of the ways; turning point
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
looking away; looking aside
as much as possible; as far as possible; whenever possible; if (at all) possible
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
phantom; vision; illusion
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
horizontally; flat; across; crossways; crosswise
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
independent production (e.g. of a film)
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
patting; stroking; caressing
The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; providing fully
poor piece of work; rubbish; trash
romantic film; love movie
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
general; popular; common; typical
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
variables; uncertain elements; uncertainties; imponderables
weakening; emaciation; decline
pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
assertion; declaration; affirmation
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
to break through (e.g. one's doubts); to become unbound by (e.g. the past); to allay (e.g. anger); to burst (e.g. a boil)
cavalry; mobility; maneuverability
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
to spread one's roots (of a tree, etc.); to take root (of an ideology, etc.)
counter; service counter (e.g. at a bank); counter (at a bar, cafe, etc.); automatically responding with an upload slot to someone who allows you to download (e.g. in P2P systems)
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
blank space (in documents); vacuum; blank; void
occasion; time; section (of a literary work); paragraph; season; term; principle
to break into song; to burst into song; to begin singing
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track