measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
to help out of (trouble); to extricate
to be a matter of life or death
to have a flag set (indicates the setting of a variable that determines, for example, how a game will end)
maintenance; preservation; improvement
stirring; rousing oneself
to become angry or sullen; to take offense; to be miffed; to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
strategy meeting; council of war
abstention; nonparticipation
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
proposal; proposition; suggestion
in low spirits; dejected; sad
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
top of the shoulders; tip of the shoulder; collar
to perceive; to understand
rude person; villain; blackguard; scoundrel; rogue; libertine
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
secret; private; surreptitious
tips of one's hair; hair ends
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
time of departure; (on the) point of departure; just as one is leaving
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
to insert; to put in; to have a griping pain; to flow in; to shine in
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to