town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
several sheets (flat objects)
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
semi-transparent; translucent
plate (e.g. nameplate, license plate); plate (dish); (tectonic) plate; (home) plate; pitcher's mound; plate; plate
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically; strategy; tactics
wrong; bad; not allowed; not possible; failing grade
(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies
simplification (character, hair-style, etc.); unbalancing an opponent
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
triumphant pose (assumed by an athlete, etc.)
ceiling; ceiling (e.g. of share price); ceiling price
to push up; to thrust up; to put pressure on (one's superiors); to pressure; to well up (of an emotion); to surge up
shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
to dash against (of waves); to billow; to roll; to wave (e.g. in the wind); to heave; to pound (of a heart)
heartwarming; pleasant; charming; amusing
(sea) voyage; navigation; sailing; passage; cruise
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse; litter
last night; yesterday evening
stowing away; smuggling oneself; clandestine travel abroad
people; (all) persons; everyone; (arch.) you (usu. plural)
discovery; detection; finding
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
row; line; group (of peers); ranks (of); sequence; series (taxonomic rank)
several people; a few people
half-crying; being on the verge of crying
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand
bold; daring; dauntless; intrepid; stout-hearted