to shut one's eyes to (one's own faults, etc.); to pretend not to see; to pay no attention to; to forget; to fail to notice; (lit.) to put on a shelf
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
to fall into ruin; to become dilapidated; to become run-down; to become desolate; to be badly neglected
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
memorization; memorisation; learning by heart
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
reward; prize; treat; delight; small joy
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
paper plane; paper airplane; paper aeroplane
deployment; spreading out; dispersal
(medieval) knight; samurai on horseback
visit for no reason; going on a fool's errand
to do oneself; to do by oneself; to start work (on); to commence
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
wanted poster; wanted person bulletin; search instructions
testimony; (verbal) evidence
to mistake (A for B); to misread
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
barrier; checkpoint; checking station
practice; experience; habituation; being used to; being comfortable with; being experienced in
to make a firm resolution
passenger car; passenger carriage
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
as expected; as predicted
does not; can not; will not
dense (e.g. fog, dust, etc.); thick; vague (as in being unable to think clearly); dim
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to add up to; to advance (in price)
to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate
gap; break; pause; interval; cut; incision
row; line; group (of peers); ranks (of); sequence; series (taxonomic rank)
spread; span; expanse; extent
whole army; whole team; all armies; all teams
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
outrageous; wild (ambition, idea, etc.); crazy; inordinate; extravagant (e.g. claims); audacious
to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
speciality; specialty; special subject of study; sole interest; single focus; concentrating exclusively on