giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis); qilin (Chinese unicorn)
war; battle; match; game; competition
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
case; occasion; situation; circumstances
to repair; to mend; to change; to alter; to put back; to put away; to cure
at once; immediately; right now
not going (well); not proceeding (as one wishes); bad; not good; hopeless; beyond hope
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
spoils of war; booty; war trophy; something one managed to obtain or buy (at a bargain sale, merchandise stall, etc.); purchases; prizes (at an arcade, etc.)
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
item; must-have; must-have item; (inventory) item; pick-up
thin (of an object); pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.)
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
no!; no no!; no, not at all
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
gate (for entry, boarding, etc.); gate; logic element
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
then; well; so; well then
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
rest; break; recess; intermission
breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.); dispersal (e.g. of a crowd); dissolution (of a company, organization, etc.); winding-up; dissolution (of the Diet, Parliament, etc.)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert; quarantine
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
mimicry; mimesis; camouflage
cutting edge; leading edge; forefront; tip; end
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to be conspicuous; to stand out
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to buy (stock, materials, etc.); to purchase; to lay in; to get; to obtain