toll; transit fee; transit duty
the latter; the second; successor; descendant
middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary
branch road; forked road; branch; crossroads (of a course of events); turning point; parting of the ways
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
sign on a post (usu. wooden and with a small roof, containing information about a sight, warning, congratulations, etc.); public notice; bulletin board; notice board
fork; junction; diverging point; turning point (e.g. in one's life); crossroads
weather-beaten; bleached skull
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; development; improvement
sign; mark; marker; marker
blue; azure; green; pale (facial color); gray; unripe
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
rut; wheel track; furrow; groove; (fig.) footsteps; (fig.) wake
stronghold; citadel; base (of operations); headquarters
growing en masse in one location (of plants); living gregariously (of animals); living in flocks, herds, colonies, etc.; all living creatures
kiss; squeak (of a mouse); with a slurp
bad mannered; naughty; misbehaving
encounter; running into; meeting with (e.g. an accident); being confronted with (e.g. a difficulty)
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
fight; dispute; feud; competition; contest; rivalry
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
latter period; second half; late stage; third trimester; second semester
many; much; plenty; hardly
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
too (much); overly; excessively
to become serious; to take something seriously (e.g. a joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (esp. at something trivial); to get worked up
accomplice; conspirator; cohort
to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
forgery; counterfeiting; fabrication; falsification
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
killing time; keeping oneself occupied; time killer; wasting time; waste of time