ladle; tadpole; musical note
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
to pop off; to pop out; to fly off; to shoot off; to burst open
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
unbelievable; incredible; implausible
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
awesome; awe-inspiring; august; discourteous (to a superior); lacking due respect
to pick up; to find; to gather
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements) (e.g. trembling, stepping quickly); gradual; bit by bit
instability; insecurity; crankiness
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation (photography); fixing
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance
behaving outrageously as though there were no one around; acting without consideration for others; arrogance; audacity; insolence
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
actual profit; practical use; benefit
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; (arch.) shrinking back in fear
emperor (of Japan); mikado
superficially polite but actually rude; rude under a veneer of politeness; courteous on the surface but insolent at heart
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
close combat; close(-quarter) fighting; in-fighting
chance (of success); odds
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
in the same way as; just like
to grow; to cultivate; to wear a beard
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome