light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
inarticulate; clumsy with words; poor at speaking
shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety
halting (speech); faltering; stammering
every single word and phrase; word by word
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on
arrangement; good offices; discretion; judgment; disposition
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
dwelling; house; residence; den; habitat
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit
to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be given an award; to be gifted or endowed (e.g. with a talent); to be blessed (e.g. with a child); to be initiated (e.g. into a secret)
inscrutable are the ways of heaven; fortune is unpredictable and changeable
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
to avoid misfortune; to escape danger
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
dew; tears; (not) a bit; (not) at all
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
to be of no concern to one; to be nothing to do with one
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
for a change; for variety's sake
mechanism; organization; organisation
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
complete; whole; perfect; safe
anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
tax parasite (e.g. public servant, politician, welfare recipient); tax thief
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
to show off; to make a display (e.g. of wealth)
mistaken arrest; arrest based on misidentification
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
lost property; something dropped and left behind
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
hesitation; indecision; vacillation