filth (esp. excrement, feces, urine); muck; waste; garbage; dirt; dust
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
brown rat (Rattus norvegicus); common rat; dark grey; dark gray; deceitful employee; unfaithful servant
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray
one's social standing; one's position; one's place; one's station in life
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
to talk; to chat; to chatter
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
to lend an ear to; to listen to
(death from) starvation; starving to death
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
bluff; false show of power; bold front
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
messenger; envoy; emissary
the whole area; the entire region; all parts (of); the whole field (of study); every field; the whole gamut
right of control; supremacy; sovereignty
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
dumbfounded; speechless; flabbergasted; struck dumb with astonishment
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
dress; attire; clothing; getup; outfit; personal appearance
appendix; supplement; annex; extra (of a newspaper or magazine)
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk
contemplation; meditation
ship's captain; skipper; length of a ship; boatman
comparatively; relatively
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
to stir up; to poke (the fire); to beat (an egg); to arouse (interest, feelings, etc.); to stir; to stoke
unforeseen; unexpected; sudden; accidental
time (for, to do); time (to finish a race, lap, etc.); time-out; thyme
(measuring) scale; rule; scale; scope; (musical) scale; weighing scale
one Nth part (e.g. one fifth, one tenth); one out of N
reduction; curtailment; cut; cutback; scaling down; contraction
how (beautiful, tasty, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.); appearance (on the scene); arrival (on the market); emergence
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle