fighting to be first; scrambling to take the lead
reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer
marshy grassland; wetlands
town; city; municipal; urban
ill-preparedness; insufficient preparation; lack of preparation
delivering an order; dispatch of an order; messenger; orderly; runner
of little importance; trivial; worthless; valueless
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
deposit and withdraw; taking in and out
inspection; reading; perusal; browsing (the web)
ambition; the Buddha's great vow (to save all people)
shape of a pillar or column
natural light; unpolarized light
bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat
aquatic life; water creatures
domestically produced; domestic; Japanese-made
at a disadvantage; in an unfavourable position; having poor prospects; standing little chance
dark reddish-brown; liver color
indeterminate form; undefined; indefinite; unstructured
as before; as ever; as it was originally
stickiness; gumminess; sticky material; clay
to cling to; to stick to; to lie flat (e.g. on the ground)
to get moldy (mouldy); to get musty; to develop mildew
greedy; avaricious; rapacious; insatiable
soft; flabby; spongy; mushy; soggy
dirty-looking; filthy; disgusting; squalid
clingingly; (stuck) together; (pressed) all the way down; (flopping) down
to jump up; to leap up; to spring up
suffocation; choking; asphyxia
combination; union; bond; join (in relational algebra)
small piece; fragment; bit
jello; jelly; gelatin dessert; gel; jelly
low-quality products; strange thing; strange combination