elaborate; delicate; exquisite
bad-feeling; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross; disgusting
serious look (on one's face); straight face
to check through; to thoroughly investigate
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
self-deprecating; self-mocking
ghastliness; dreadfulness; grimness; intimidation; menace; threat
poisonous spider; venomous spider; wolf spider
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
end; tip; extremities; terminal
to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
regular; ordinary (e.g. session of parliament); established usage; precedent; regular practice
aging; wearing out; deterioration
inspection; examination; checking
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development
to pull down; to lower; to reduce; to withdraw
final; eventual; ultimate
well-informed person; thinking person; intelligent person
pointing out; identification
conference; consultation; discussion; negotiation
estimate (of costs); budget
cut; reduction; curtailment
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
in the same breath; hardly had the words been said
to act timid (about doing); to show diffidence; to feel ashamed; to feel guilty
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
bottomless; endlessly deep; infinite
manure; fertilizer; fertiliser; compost
inner palace (reserved for women); harem; seraglio; consort of the emperor