settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
head house (family); birthplace; originator
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
rarity (esp. of collectables, trading cards, etc.)
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
to polish up (on); to refine; to hone; to polish (by rubbing)
thorough; exhaustive; complete
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
to wonder; to puzzle oneself about; to feel anxious about; to suspect; to doubt
of established reputation; fully established; (universally) recognized; acknowledged; leading
leader; authority; mainstay
low (level, value, price, etc.)
innocent; cherubic; childlike
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled
military personnel; soldier
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm
preference; priority; precedence
to reason; to sum up; to conclude
at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove
besides; moreover; in addition
to strain every nerve; to feel nervous
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
to order; to command; to appoint
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
priority; order of precedence
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
calmly; quietly; gently; be quiet!
flight; desertion; escape
course; route; path; process; means
himself; yourself; herself
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
floating; drifting; suspension; (arch.) wandering (about)
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in