beehive; hive; something full of holes; (fig.) Swiss cheese; beef reticulum; honeycomb tripe
dark reddish-brown; liver color
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
rumbling (of thunder, one's stomach, etc.); grumbling; rolling (of something large and heavy); tumbling; all over the place; everywhere; idly
highway; freeway; expressway; motorway
tollgate; tollbooth; tollhouse
suspension; pause; temporary halt; stopping (at an intersection, railway crossing, etc.)
tracing; trail left in the snow (by mountaineers); following (a trail of footprints); trace (of a matrix)
exceptional item; extraordinary product
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
trial manufacture; experiment; test piece; prototype
completion; perfection; accomplishment
to be emotionally moved; to have a lump in one's throat
one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)
in name only; figurehead; (only) by name
one stroke (of a brush); a few lines (of writing); note; writing in one go (without stopping to apply more ink to the brush); parcel (of land); same handwriting
old couple; elderly couple
rationality; reasonableness
base (military, expedition, etc.); enthusiast; maniac; fanatic
drawing room; parlour; parlor; reception office
to keep (a person) waiting
vision (of the future); foresight; large display screen; imagination; insight; (sense of) sight
to remove; to take away; to clear away; to tear down; to pull down; to demolish
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
irregular; atypical; anomalous; anomalistic; abnormal
negotiations; bargaining; discussions; connection; relationship; relations
pre-war days; before the war
test (of ability, knowledge, etc.); exam; test (of performance, quality, etc.); trial; rehearsal
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
important person; strategic person; key figure
first day of the month; the first of the month
calendar; calender (machine for flattening things)
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish
letter; note; epistle; correspondence
torturing to death; tormenting to death
breakdown (of talks, negotiations, etc.); breaking off; rupture
human rights; civil liberties