black with hints of blue (as in a bruise); bluish black
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle; frond; foliage
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
irregular; unsystematic; unsteady; disorderly
to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
the dead; ghost; person who is obsessed (with money, power, etc.); person with a blind lust (for)
unclean; dirty; bathroom; toilet (room); (arch.) menstruation; (arch.) menses
that's the way it is; such is life
direction (of a play, film, etc.); production; organization (of an event); arrangement; staging (for effect)
polite; courteous; hospitable; careful; handled with great care; treated with attention
ancient times; prehistoric times; the distant past; a very long time ago
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
migration; move; emigration; immigration
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; throwing one's weight around; acting as if one owns the place
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
group; party; team; squad; section
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
separate; respective; different
course (of a road, moving object, etc.); way; course (of events, action, etc.); direction (e.g. an argument is heading in); reasoning; logic
to entrust (to someone); to leave (in someone's hands)
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
to crown; to cap; to prefix with; to start with; to begin with
what is called; what you call; what they call; so-called
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
one by one; thoroughly; exhaustively; with a fine-tooth comb
human wave attack; human wave tactics; throwing people at a problem
to (hit and) crush; to smash; to squash; to defeat soundly; to crush (an opponent, hopes, etc.)
sharing equally (costs, profits, etc.); splitting equally
extermination (of pests); eradication; stamping out (e.g. a social evil)
colourful; colorful; multicoloured; various; varied; variegated
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
to take (someone) along; to bring along; to be accompanied by