laboratory testing bench; laboratory table; subject of an experiment; (human) guinea pig
pilloried criminal exposed to public view; public scorn or humiliation; person shamed in front of others
one's face turning pale (ashen); the color being drained from one's face
fundamental form; basic form; basic pattern; basic model; basic type; prototype
god of death; death deity; Death; Grim Reaper
still; as yet; as it has been
source; origin; exit; way out; (appropriate) moment to come out; (right) time to appear
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
to become overgrown; to grow thick; to spread; to run rampant; to thrive
thicket; bush; clump of bushes
mid-air breakage; mid-air disintegration
reconstruction; reorganization; reorganisation; reconstitution; reconfiguration
easy to read; legible; clear
to kick into the air; to kick up; to kick from below
direct transmission (of mystery, skill, secret, etc.); initiation
metre (unit of length); meter; meter; gauge
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
empty air; sky; shunyata (the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phenomenon); emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)
whatever happens; no matter what; under any circumstances; in any case; at all costs; at any price
smelling burnt; tasting burnt; having a burnt smell
national; founded and run by the central government
to take care of; to bring up under one's personal care; to kill with one's own hands; to do personally; to handle (e.g. a job); to request that someone deal with (something)
to chastise; to punish; to discipline
carefree; relaxed; comfortable; at one's ease
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
(villains) of the same stripe; birds of a feather; (lit.) badgers of the same hole
roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open
not under observation; not on one's radar; unmarked (player); unguarded; unmarked (item, etc.); without a mark
to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down
putting an end to; bringing to a close; person who opens and closes the curtains (in a theatre)
to make good use of; to use to one's advantage
to become unrestrained and go to excess; to lose all restraint; to lose one's tension and become relaxed; to let go; to become disorderly; to be scattered
removal (of a building, equipment, etc.); dismantling (e.g. a tent); striking (a stage set, camp, etc.); withdrawal (of troops); pulling out; evacuation