to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
magic; Magic Marker; felt-tip pen; magic number
very thick; something extremely thick; thick, heavy thread
cap (hat); cap (of a bottle, pen, etc.); leader; chief
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from; to dodge (a question, blow, etc.)
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
movement (of one's body); moving about; stirring; acting freely; doing as one pleases
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
one's last moments; hour of death; death throes; agonies of death
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
to fly; to race away; to vanish; to disappear; to rush over; to hurry over
company; lot; people; troupe; company (of musicians)
example; instance; precedent; custom; habit
to (enter and) sit down; to plop oneself down; to plant oneself down; to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit in (in protest)
demonstration; protest; (giving a) demo; demonstration; presentation
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
settlement; solution; resolution
to sense; to perceive; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
to unfold; to unroll; to open
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
village headman; village mayor
influential person; man of importance
people; (all) persons; everyone; (arch.) you (usu. plural)
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different)
laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal
(committing, resorting to) an act of violence
incident resulting in injury
slapping; splashing; splatting; banging shut; flat (refusal, denial, etc.)
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
period (esp. in European languages); full stop; period (of time); era; period (interval of a game)
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
conclusion; end; settlement; balance; harmony; fitting (in)
curiosity; inquisitiveness
bored; having nothing to do; idle