rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
aimless; rambling; desultory; casual
spring; spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus
wearing armour (armor); counter for suits of armour
every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
natural calamity; disaster
extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out
losing one's fighting spirit; losing the will to fight; losing heart
sobbing; weeping; whimpering
crying oneself to sleep; giving up in frustration; accepting meekly; being compelled to accept a situation
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
serious; not joking; straight
opportunism; double standards; timeserving; expediency
to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish
fighting (against); taking on (an opponent); facing; confronting; competing (with); battle
conquest; subjugation; overcoming
space alien; alien; extraterrestrial being
barefoot; superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement)
homeworld; home planet; mother planet
to scurry home; to run home; to fly back
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
unbroken; uninterrupted; on and on; continuous
smelling of mud or earth; unrefined; uncouth
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
one's habitual practice; usual measure; old trick
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good
eternal; unlimited; endless
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier