taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape; seeking safe haven
programme; program; plans; arrangements
call; summons; convening; convocation
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
to contact; to get in touch with; to check in (with)
diversion (action meant to attract attention away from the real objective); feint
Bonin white-eye (Apalopteron familiare)
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
one's post; place of work; workplace
to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate
troops; group members; team members
number of persons; personnel
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
evil spirits of rivers and mountains
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
in order to do; for the purpose of doing
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
despite; in spite of; not worrying about; without fear of
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
at once; immediately; right now
leading; foremost; preeminent; outstanding; one of the best