speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
beacon; skyrocket; signal fire; starting shot; starting signal
madder red; dark red; crimson
light (e.g. colour, color)
veil of darkness; curtain of night
assembly hall; parliament house; diet building; capitol; houses of parliament; congress hall
character of a place; situation; location; occasion
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
reception (desk); information desk; receipt; acceptance
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
both hands; both arms; ten
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
(social) class; rank; grade
lapel badge; collar badge
stripping (of rights, office, etc.); deprivation; divestiture; forfeit; revocation
wrinkled; full of wrinkles
to fall over; to fall down; to fall; to flop (e.g. of a play); to be a flop
below one's eyes; under one's eyes; length (of a fish) from eyes to tail fin
corner; nook; shade; shadow; dark circles (under the eyes); dark rings
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
hygienic; healthy; healthful; sanitary
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail