near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
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)
to shake; to sway; to waver
underground lake; subterranean lake
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty
glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
wickedness; evil; calamity; disaster
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
body; group; party; gang; troupe; troop
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
farming implement; farm tools
uniform; equal; even; common; ordinary; usual
to lose weight; to become thin; to wither away
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
allied forces; the Allies (e.g. in WWII)
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front
in deep black; in jet black
to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar