dramatic decrease; sharp drop; sudden fall
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
very small amount; insignificant thing; negligible amount
trivial; trifling; slight; insignificant
four times; four-colour process printing; CMYK printing
spirit; determination; pluck; mettle
as; because; with; due to
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
average; mean; balance; equilibrium
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
having wounds all over one's body; being wounded all over; receiving a drubbing; being subjected to a barrage of criticism
to soak into; to sink into; to seep into; to sink into (one's mind); to be (deeply) ingrained; to be instilled
field; field; meadow; field (of interest, study, etc.); field; field (in a form, web page, etc.)
to seek knowledge; to ask for instruction
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
to polish; to shine; to burnish; to refine (a skill, etc.); to improve; to hone
nationally protected chicken breed; free-range local traditional pedigree chicken; chicken meat from same
(giving) birth; childbirth; native (of); product of; produced in; assets
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
blind spot (on the retina); blind spot; weak point; loophole
very much; very many; more and more
lumping together; putting all together
individual; one by one; separate; each
details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view
practice; experience; habituation; being used to; being comfortable with; being experienced in
with the skin on; unskinned; unpeeled; unhusked
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
okara; soy pulp; tofu dregs; edible pulp separated from soybean milk in the production of tofu
in a subdued voice; in undertones; in a whisper; dry and tasteless; stale
has never (done, occurred); there has never been an instance (where); there is no precedent (for)
to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures
vegetables high in beta-carotene
bright and beautiful; gorgeous; showy; prosperous; flourishing; thriving
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence