one by one; each; every; at intervals of
vacant land; unoccupied ground; empty lot
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (of letters)
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
genuine article; real thing; real deal
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to induce (someone to do something); to tempt; to act toward (someone in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
raising one's hand; show of hands (e.g. for a vote); salute
to hit hard; to punch hard; to give a hard blow; to wallop; to sock
to be late; to be unpunctual
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small
news; word; tidings; omen; foreboding; premonition
to have a rumor circulating
handing over; delivery (by hand)
the south; southward; southern direction; countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)
to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)
imagination; supposition; guess
to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance
to remember; to recall; to call to mind; to imagine; to picture in one's mind; to visualize
magic bullet; magic bullets
to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon