(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
one hundred years ago; a hundred year previously
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
bodily sensation; sense; experience
bulky; massive; thick; heavy
gap; break; pause; interval; cut; incision
blueness; greenness; tinge of blue; (vegetable) garnish
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
crack; fissure; rift; split; chaps; skin fissure
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
origin; beginning; genesis; primeval; primordial; primitive
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
riddled with holes; full of holes; full of flaws; full of loopholes; faulty
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
by myself; in person; by oneself
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
to tower above the rest; to be by far the best; to be prominent; to be outstanding; to be a cut above
something or other; one thing or another; this or that