to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
to thin out (plants, seedlings, crops, etc.); to cull; to run on a curtailed schedule; to cut down; to kill a newborn child (due to financial difficulties)
children's story; fairy tale
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
to tilt (esp. head); to lean; to incline; to slant
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
the way back; the way home; return trip
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
please; if you would; somehow or other; one way or another; whether (or not); if
proposal; proposition; suggestion
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
one's body; one's person; oneself; one's appearance; one's place (in society, etc.); one's position
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
with a bonk; with a thump; with a klunk; with a rap
catch; catching; catch; shop tout; puller-in; catching (in swimming and boating); catching the water
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain; to grasp (a point)
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to jump down; to leap down; to jump off; to leap off
top of the head; crown of the head
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
to become independent; to leave one's hands; to leave one's possession
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
to tighten; to fasten tight; to constrict; to control strictly; to put pressure on; to squeeze (e.g. an economy)
slight; minor; trifling; considerable; proper; decent
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side
to call dibs; to establish a claim; (lit.) to spit on (thus preventing others from taking it)
germ; germs; bacteria; something dirty or harmful; vermin
fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)
vaccination; inoculation; immunization; immunisation
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
Clostridium tetani (tetanus bacillus)
fields (of rice and other crops)
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back