to fight against; to oppose; to face
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
grassy field; grassland; meadow; grass-covered plain; savannah; prairie
to blow through; to blow across
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
Island; insula; island; islet
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
atmosphere; air; magnanimity; generosity
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
conviction; belief; confidence
handful; small amount; small number
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys); upper layer; layer above
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
serious; severe; grave; acute
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do