variation in color (colour); having a different color
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
free; unrestricted; (with) complete mastery; completely in control
root; source; origin; cause
difficult to ...; hard to ...
weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection (e.g. natural selection)
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
lattice; counter for large bundles (e.g. 10 sheafs of rice, 200 sheets of calligraphy paper, 20 whistling arrows, 100 fish); handbreadth (unit for measuring the length of arrows)
fertile; rich; productive
divorce; dissolution of adoption
research team; investigative team; survey team; reconnaissance team; investigative commission; fact-finding party
orderly; regular; systematic; well-organized; well-organised; trim
book or scroll that has been handed down through generations; book of secrets; delivering a letter
reconnoitering party; scout (army)
to jump upon (a moving object)
light clothing; dressing light; light equipment; light armaments
to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance
rank (of troops); file; column; formation
sewer; sewer system; sewerage; drain
to throw open; to leave open
vacant house; unoccupied house
(made of) stone; stone-built
estate; homestead; house and land (it stands on); messuage
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
front garden; front yard; vestibule (of the ear)
to soak; to dip; to steep; to moisten; to wet
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
muddy water; red-light district
unknown; unidentified; unspecified
to make merry; to be festive
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
crown; diadem; bottle cap
misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances