tunnel; (mining) gallery; level; shaft; pit
groundwater; underground water
surface mining; open-cut mining; open-pit mining
work-in-progress; working state
to bail out (water); to dip out; to ladle out; to start drawing (water)
purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
mineral deposit; ore deposit
surface of the earth; ground surface
expressive power; inventiveness; creative power
to pour into; to wash down (food); to insert (e.g. into a data stream); to integrate
collapse; break; cave-in; market decline; market crash
to come out (e.g. hair); to fall out; to collapse (e.g. building, floor); to be left out; to be omitted
ice house; ice room; cold room
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
long-term storage; long-term preservation
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
summertime; summer season
to put on the market; to put out for sale; to put on sale; to become popular
midwinter; dead of winter
to re-examine; to review; to recheck
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
predecessor; pioneer; ancestor
open; spacious; extensive
nonstandard; out of spec; irregular; exceptional; extraordinary; unbelievable
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
to go (to); to make one's way (to); to visit
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
plan; scheme; (payment) plan; package; deal
to rise in esteem; to become popular; to rise in value (stocks)
to weave together; to interweave; to intermingle
development; revitalization; standing (something) up; waking up; tilling a rice field; drawing a card from the draw pile
washhouse; place for cleaning one's laundry
to leave nothing undone; to give good service; to attend to everything; to be on someone's tracks (e.g. police); to catch up with; to close in on
becoming more serious or severe; aggravation; intensification
to let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax; to not take oneself too seriously
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone