wise; clever; smart; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
peerless; unequaled; unequalled
legend; folklore; tradition
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
hero; the brave; man of valour (valor)
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
speech; address; curtain speech; prologue; way of speaking; manner of speech
showy; loud; flashy; gaudy
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
southern country; southern provinces; southern lands
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
richly colored; richly coloured
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
restless; on edge (and unable to concentrate); distracted; for some reason
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
to draw (something) toward one; to pull toward one; to pull closer; to attract; to draw; to entice
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
to jump up; to leap up; to spring up
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
straw skirt; grass skirt; traditionally worn by hunters and fishermen
to put on; to wear; to be clothed in; to be clad in; to be dressed in; to be wrapped in
blowing (e.g. of the wind); playing (a wind instrument); player (e.g. clarinet); (pair of) bellows; casting; founding
(TV) comedian; performer (esp. of a traditional art); entertainer; talented person; accomplished person
torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to whirl (in the wind); to flutter (about); to swirl
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
hellfire; flames of hell; raging fire; large fire; fire that consumes an evildoer
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
to go past; to pass; to pass by
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
mixed with; mingled with; interspersed with; dashed with; sprinkled with
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)