wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
maintenance; preservation; improvement
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
both (people); the two of them
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to look away; to turn away
to sense; to perceive; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
if you think about it; come to think of it
in terms of; from the point of view of
(matter) for congratulations; worthy of celebration; happy (occasion, ending, etc.); naive; too good-natured; gullible
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
to be impatient for; to wait (anxiously) for; to eagerly look forward to; to long for
stupid; dim-witted; dense; dull; obtuse; slow
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
bigleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla); French hydrangea
soft; flabby; spongy; mushy; soggy
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
nature (of a person); disposition; temperament; nature (of something); character; kind
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
to get tired of (doing); to lose interest in
peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade
small stream; brooklet; murmuring (as of a stream)
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
(spare) time; free time; time off; leave; resignation; dismissal
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
roofed corridor connecting two buildings; connecting passageway; skyway; skybridge; skywalk
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
every month; each month; monthly
counter for jewels in a watch; counter for transistors, diodes, etc. in an electronic product
small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland
transport; transportation; conveyance; carriage
to fill (with); to be filled with; to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)
salt pan (used for boiling seawater to make salt); cooking a fish inside a salt crust; candy made with a wrapping of sweetened rice flour (looking like a salt crust)
vista; view; scene; counter for scenes (in a play)
to transfer (to a different place, group, etc.); to change; to move to the next stage (of a plan, etc.); to divert (one's attention) to; to focus on (something different); to spend (time); to let (time) pass
graceful young woman; sylph