origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
light; glow; (a) light; lights; proof (of innocence)
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
nursing; nurse; attending; attendant; entertainer
(arch.) female slave; female servant; housemaid
piece (e.g. poetry); poem; essay; book; story
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
way (of doing); manner; method; means
to write down; to note down; to mention; to describe; to inscribe; to mark
Moon; month; moonlight; (a) moon; natural satellite
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
blue; azure; green; pale (facial color); gray; unripe
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to stand (something) up; to put upright; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to let out; to raise (a cloud of dust, smoke, etc.)
paper-enclosed standing lantern; paper-covered wooden stand housing an oil lamp; taxi roof light
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
to finish; to get through with; to graduate; to come to an end; to end; to finish doing ...
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to do thoroughly; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
why; how; for what reason
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
existence; being; presence
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
mystery; curiosity; strangeness; ghost; monster; apparition
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly