building berth (for ships); stocks; slipway
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
whole; total; gross; entire; overall; general (election, manager, etc.)
picking out; choosing; picking (someone) up (in a vehicle); pickup (in a record player); (phono) cartridge; pickup (truck)
corona; coronavirus; COVID-19
heat shimmer; heat haze; shimmering of hot air
to shake; to sway; to rock; to become unstable; to become unsettled; to be shaken
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
distribution (of information, news, etc.); broadcast; delivery; transmission; streaming (over the Internet)
correction; revision; compensation (e.g. to a pendulum)
with a bang bang (e.g. repeated sound of a hammer or gunfire); at a mad pace; with great vigor
right above; just above; directly above; directly overhead
solitary island; isolated island
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
climax; peak; critical moment; most important stage; turning point
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
three sides; small offering stand
-itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)
to fold in; to fold up; to store in one's heart; to bear in mind; to do in rapid succession; to do relentlessly
entry into port; arriving in harbor
strange; odd; peculiar; weird; bizarre; unusual
rod; pole; stick; fishing rod
to project; to overhang; to stick out; to put up (a notice); to post
hurried construction; hurried production; hasty manufacture; hasty formation
block (solid piece of material); chunk (e.g. of meat); concrete block; (interlocking) toy blocks; (printing) block; block (area of a city); blocking (e.g. the way)
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
to be sooty; to be stained
to install; to fit; to (manage to) obtain (someone's agreement, permission, etc.); to get; to patronize (a shop); to buy usually (from the same store)
four corners; four ordinal directions
to model (something) on; to be modelled on; to be made in the shape of; to symbolize; to represent
carving; engraving; sculpture
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
suitable; appropriate; becoming; fitting
ancient times; prehistoric times; the distant past; a very long time ago
working; in operation; running; active
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
black; black stone; guilt; guilty person