library; book storage; stack room; archive (file)
with a rustling sound; (rummaging) around
diamond; diamond; infield; diamonds (suit)
natural product; product of nature
foreign matter; impurities
diamond; (railway) schedule; timetable; diagram
buying (of stock, materials, etc.); purchasing; stocking; laying in; procurement
putting on the market; putting on sale; making commercially available; commercial; off-the-shelf; store-bought
knothole; peep-hole; (fig.) bad eyes; tunnel vision
commemoration; celebration; remembrance; memento; souvenir; keepsake
thoughtlessness; indiscretion
to sow; to plant; to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict); to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)
sign of remorse; indication of regret
to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
fragment; scrap; piece; shred
the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow
dragon (as depicted in Western myths)
surrounding at a distance
to rub; to scrub; to scrape; to draw near; to press
growth period; growing season
unable to put up any resistance; unable to put up a fight; not standing a chance (against)
surroundings; circumference
life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death
clearness; clarity; skillfulness (skilfulness)
to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken
to become fraught with emotion
to get distracted; to jump off the track
presumptuous; impertinent; impudent; ridiculous; laughable; absurd
anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z
to fight (with); to cross swords; to compete (with); to argue (with); to have an argument; to have a dispute
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
razor; razor-sharp (mind, intellect, etc.); keen; astute person; person of keen intellect
Achilles tendon; calcaneal tendon; Achilles' heel; vulnerable point