measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
benefit; use; good; profit; gains
biting louse (any louse of order Mallophaga); small winged insect (esp. a flying ant or termite)
careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate
to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
insecticide; insect repellent
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group
sound of a flat surface repeatedly making contact with something; applying a seal or stamp again and again; pasting (paper) all over; daubing; smearing
medical efficacy; effect of a medicine
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
application (of ointment, etc.)
to approach; to draw near
to palm off; to force a sale
to this extent; to this degree; this much
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
selling like mad; selling like hotcakes; flying off the shelves
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
plausible; believable; solemn; dignified; serious
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade
rational; logical; coherent
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
per-capita division; division according to the number of people
to rank next to; to come after
need; want; necessity; costs; expenses
proposal; proposition; suggestion
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
the other day; some time ago; recently
spontaneous discharge; accidental gun discharge
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
replenishment; supplement; reparation
drugs; ingredients (for Chinese medicine)
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad