irradiation; radiation; beaming; exposure (to light); illumination
illegal digging; illegal mining; grave robbing; tomb robbing
restoration; restitution; rehabilitation
to employ; to hire; to take on; to charter (a car, boat, etc.); to hire
outflow; effluence; efflux; outflow (of people, capital, etc.); drain (of gold, talent, etc. from a country); leak (e.g. of personal information)
function; facility; faculty; feature
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
rubble; debris; wreckage; trash; rubbish
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding (a runner) on base
although I say; although one might say; although called
like this; in this way; as you see
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal (e.g. to the public); to urge; to exhort
gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over
true character; true heart; true spirit
hibernation; winter sleep; brumation; torpor
to wake (someone) up (roughly); to rouse out of bed; to awaken (someone) by knocking at the door
brown bear (Ursus arctos)
presentation (e.g. of a gift)
promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
mouth-to-mouth feeding; beak-to-beak feeding; mouth-to-mouth (resuscitation); conveying by word of mouth; oral tradition
halting (speech); faltering; stammering
to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone
at any moment (now); at any minute; on the verge of (doing); just about to
to strain (e.g. one's nerves); to be on edge; to be tense (of an atmosphere); to cover completely (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.); to spread over; to become covered (in)
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high
armory; armoury; ordnance department
at once; right away; promptly; quickly; right now; this instant
irritating; aggravating; upsetting; maddening; infuriating; exasperating
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
to lift; to turn over; to fold over