here and there; in places
ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
several; various; divergent; conflicting; different; diverse
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty
sticky; gluey; gummy; stickiness; something sticky
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
gas; vapour; vapor; gaseous body
thick; dense; rich (as in taste or content); crowded
(not) in any way; (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; what kind of
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
wet and glistening; slimy; slippery; to have a sheen; to be slimy
to step forward; to take a step forward; to start on a project, etc.; to take the first step with
temple bell; hanging bell; funeral bell
innumerable; countless; numberless
smallish; on the small side
predation; eating prey; preying upon
living thing; organism; creature; biology
corrosion; etching; action of acid; saprophagy
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
to overflow from something full
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work; thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
enquiry; inquiry; query; interrogation; ENQ
to have rumors going around (rumours); to have rumors spread
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)
Buddhist temple; religious building; church; cathedral
famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known
monk; priest; sangha (the Buddhist community)
producing (people) in great numbers; appearing one after the other
martial arts; military arts; wushu; modern sport derived from traditional Chinese martial arts