pipsqueak; little runt; midget; dwarf
very interesting; of great interest
departure; setting off; being used up; being consumed; passage of time; lapse; rehearsal
in accordance with; according to
subjugation (using military force); suppression; subduing
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
suddenly and in a loud voice (e.g. sobbing)
one day; (on) a certain day
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
royal fern (Osmunda japonica); flowering fern; osmund; fiddlehead fern
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
talk; chat; troth; lovers' vow
single word; a few words; brief comment
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
nuisance to other people; inconvenience to others
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
largish; biggish; a little bit larger
to engage (with); to be in gear (with); to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation
to assemble; to set up; to construct
piece; fragment; one (object)
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter; nothing to worry about
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
dead end; cul-de-sac; blind alley; end; end of the road; end point
advance notice; previous note; preliminary announcement; trailer (film, TV); preview
living thing; organism; creature; biology
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion