painstaking piece of work; work of great effort; tour de force; toil; labor; labour
candid advice; frank advice; honest opinion; exhortation; harsh but honest advice
stupid; half-witted; dull-witted; blockhead; idiot; dimwit
this and that; one thing and another
village headman; village mayor
atonement; the Atonement (of Jesus Christ)
derisory; negligible; minimal; nominal; imperceptible
hurried construction; hurried production; hasty manufacture; hasty formation
railroad; railway; rail transport
to slope; to descend; to slide (snow, etc.)
general situation; general trend; general tendency; way things are moving; current (of the times); tide (e.g. of public opinion)
upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys); upper layer; layer above
to attack the enemy in his unguarded moment
exceptional; unusual; special; especially; exceptionally; unusually
cake or snack served with tea
to spread one's legs; to agree to have sex (for a woman)
fort; stronghold; fortification
portable shrine (carried in festivals); buttocks; lower back; waist
portable shrine (carried in festivals); palanquin; buttocks; lower back
tourist trade; travel industry; tourist business; tourist enterprise
small window; fenestella; scuttle (type of hatch on a ship)
to project; to stick out; to stand out
to run out of breath; to get breathless; to get puffed (out)
stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others; solo raid on an enemy's camp (for glory)
extempore; impromptu; improvised; ad-lib; off-the-cuff; instant
to get lost; to lose one's bearings; to be puzzled; to be perplexed; to be tempted; to be seduced
air route; air lane; by air; by plane
to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to rack one's brains over (wrack)