splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
death rate; mortality rate
cavern; cave; cave system; grotto
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
sympathy; compassion; pity
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
in that way; like that; that way
one's just deserts; one's just desserts; one's just reward; what one deserves; comeuppance
more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others
short pause; short interval
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
empty air; sky; shunyata; emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
journal; magazine; periodical
knitting; knitted material; crochet
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
loveable; very likeable; like very much
considerably; greatly; a lot
long; drawn-out; very long
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
confusion; dismay; consternation; panic
prospects of victory; chances of success
to shake; to sway; to waver
zip fastener; slide fastener; Zipper (tradename)
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
restlessly; nervously; uneasily; in a fidget
the teaching profession; education of laity
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
parting; separation; farewell
reinforcement; augmentation; strengthening; increase; buildup
farewell; be that so; in that case; (arch.) however; (arch.) though that may be the case
farewell; adieu; goodbye; so long
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
exit; gateway; way out; outlet; vent; leak
to gasp for air; to pant; to be out of breath
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
first day of the month; (arch.) first ten days of the lunar month