cloudiness; turbidity; nebula (medical)
thoroughly; carefully; deliberately; seriously; fully
one's weak point; one's sore spot; raw nerve
(having) life-and-death power (over)
whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant
peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade
cleaning; dry cleaning; laundry service
fat; tallow; lard; grease
farthest; furthest; most remote
to burn down (to the ground); to clear away by burning; to reduce to ashes; to burn off
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
to penetrate; to pervade; to spread
dawn (sometimes esp. in ref. to the 16th day of the lunar month onward)
to face on; to look out on to
port city; harbour city; harbor city
outer circumference; perimeter; outskirts; periphery
sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning
spinning the opposite way; backspin (tennis, baseball); counter
honorific/polite/humble prefix
district; section; sector
storehouse; warehouse; godown
no wonder; little wonder; after all; as expected; which isn't surprising
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
disposal; scrapping; replacement; putting on the shelf; shelving
loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness
awareness that somebody will be hard to deal with; awareness that one is not good at something; (feeling) not up to doing something
self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)
not a little; not a few; considerable
sharp-eared; have sharp ears; picks things up fast
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
disjointed; frequently interrupted; in fits and starts