shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)
armband; arm band; brassard
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
many; numerous; various; large number of
emergency; extreme; great; extraordinary
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
prefecture (of Japan); county (of China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (of France); province (of Italy, Spain, etc.)
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
(official) commendation; public recognition (of someone's achievements, good deeds, etc.); awarding; honouring
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
to receive; to get; to accept; to take (someone's words or behaviour); to interpret; to understand
article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
case (container); case (instance, situation); case
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
silver (Ag); silver (color); silver (medal, prize, etc.); silver coin; silver general; bank; (arch.) money
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
to polish; to shine; to burnish; to refine (a skill, etc.); to improve; to hone
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
to take back; to get back; to regain; to recover; to restore; to recoup
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
various articles; various items; various kinds
one-by-one; separately; in detail
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
while; during; while; although; all; both
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
(some) more; even more; longer; further
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
to die; to draw one's last breath; to breathe one's last
to pass (of time); to elapse
time; season; period; phase; stage