lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
cluster of trees; grove; thicket
to cross; to go across; to go through; to cut across
public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
near; close by; within reach; familiar
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
invisibly; secretly; privately
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
stature; height; size; physique
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
wounded person; injured person
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
faked information; bogus intelligence; disinformation
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
every person; every mouth; every entrance
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
not worth considering; out of the question