to contemplate; to ponder; to think long about; to turn over in one's mind
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
killing time; keeping oneself occupied; time killer; wasting time; waste of time
row of houses; every house; each house; all; totally
double take (esp. out of surprise)
to tip off (e.g. the police); to inform (on); to squeal; to rat
to find out; to discover; to locate
nature; the natural world; realm of nature
dormancy; quiescence; diapause
host; landlord; innkeeper
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
very thorough search (for contraband, escaped convict, etc.); fine-tooth-comb search; exhaustive search; scouring
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; (putting into) practice; execution (of a program); run
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
queen; female monarch; queen consort; consort of a king; queen; princess
lifespan; life; lifetime; life (of a battery, lightbulb, etc.); service life; end of an object's (useful) life
rice grasshopper (of genus Oxya); grasshopper; locust (of family Catantopidae)
to eat untidily; to eat messily; to eat a bit of everything; to leave things half-eaten; to dabble in (something); to try one's hand at (various things)
trackless; reckless; dissipated
good; goodness; right; virtue
a cut above; one step above
distance; difference; gap; disparity; gulf; chasm
performance; trick; feat; extraordinary deed; daring act; bold move
expulsion; driving out; driving away; extermination
cutting to pieces; tearing to pieces
remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)
to come apart at the seams; to be ripped; to begin to open; to begin to bloom; to smile broadly; to break into a smile
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
to leave to take its own course; to let a matter take care of itself
indiscrimination; without discrimination; indiscriminate
to wander from place to place; to change jobs
to be aware of; to know about; to be concerned in; to have to do with
to be imminent; to be impending; to be pressing; to be urgent
position in a game; state of the game; situation; stage; phase
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
whichever one chooses; either way