dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered
manufacturing plant; production facility
chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter
to rise (of smoke, steam, etc.); to go up
change for the better; improvement; looking better (than before)
seeing through; fluoroscopy; roentgenoscopy; clairvoyance; seeing through (objects)
to sniff out; to catch the scent of
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains
wild grasses; field grass; wildflowers
close thicket; dense forest; jungle; Amazon (online retailer)
flourishing (of plants); thriving; luxuriant growth; growing lushly; rankness (of weeds)
very messy; (stuff) all over the place; (lit.) no space even for one's feet
water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway
to live (of animals); to inhabit; to nest
whoosh (of something suddenly spreading, billowing, swelling, or gushing outward); fwoosh; (bursting) into tears; suddenly (crying)
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
thorough; exhaustive; complete
gambling; gaming; speculation; undertaking a risky venture; (arch.) professional gambler; (arch.) gamester
bringing alongside (ship, vehicle, etc.); coming alongside; mooring
abandoned factory; disused factory
along; parallel to; in accordance with
national; founded and run by the central government
branch; branch office; subdivision
to grow wild; to run to waste; to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; yoisho! (word shouted by the spectators during a yokozuna's ritual stomps); yoisho (filler word in folk music, etc.); flattery; buttering up (someone)
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
on rare occasions; once in a blue moon
deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; inactive (business, trade, etc.); slack; idle; free
decommissioned vehicle; out of service vehicle; deregistered vehicle; unregistered vehicle; deregistering (vehicle); unregistering
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate; to taper off (of a sound)
to become covered in moss; to become mossy; to grow over with moss; to become aged; to grow old
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness
to creep about; to crawl around
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
neglecting; leaving alone
to be stumped; to be at a loss; to be at one's wits' end; to be fed up; to be tired (of); to be unable to bear
to suck; to draw out; to aspirate; to start to suck; to begin sucking
underestimation; undervaluation