to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
scheduled date; expected date; due date; estimated date of confinement; expected date of delivery
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
eastern direction; the Orient; eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling)
to flush out (game, etc.); to drive (animals); to beat; to urge; to spur on; to push on
inside one's heart; in one's mind
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
convening; calling together (e.g. parliament); call-up (for military service)
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
meeting; assembly; association; conjunction
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
end (e.g. of a line); tail end; rear; backmost part
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
return; reaction; recovery; return (from a procedure)
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
having said that; on the other hand
to be muddy; to be slushy
thicket; coppice; brushwood
detour; circumvention; turning movement
to be inclined to do; to be willing to do
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?