shooting star; falling star; meteor; blaze (wide white stripe down the face of a horse)
senior; older; third-year kindergarten student
youth; minor; young people
superstition; superstitious belief
wish; desire; request; prayer
permanent; everlasting; lasting; very long; many years of
to be boiled; to be cooked
to make something (e.g. paper) from wet, pulpy material by spreading it thin and drying it
being settled; coming to a conclusion
counter-; corresponding; face; opposite
to bend; to warp; to lose heart
unsettled; uncertain; indefinite; indeterminate
decrease; reduction; decline
scratch; graze; scrape; minor damage
to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit); to retain
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
notice; attention; observation
to escape death; to be saved from death
decline; ebb; failure; decay; decrease; loss
independently; individually; separately; alone; singlehanded; unassisted
to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply
defeating; crushing; smashing; destroying
to accomplish; to achieve; to complete; to carry out; to carry through
to (prepare to) run away (from one's responsibilities, etc.)
to call (someone) to come; to call for; to summon; to always call (someone by a name); to become used to calling
reception (e.g. of visitors); dealing with
to change sides; to double-cross; to betray; to roll over (in bed); to turn over
flight; desertion; escape
to carry (something) under cover; to carry concealed
location (of something); whereabouts; hiding place
to stab; to pierce; to run through (e.g. with a sword)
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
fault; weakness; flaw; crux (of a matter); difficult point; point of contention
establishment; settlement
commemorable; worth commemorating; momentous; monumental
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
to have stiff shoulders; to feel ill at ease; to feel uncomfortable; serious; sober