adverse circumstances; unfortunate situation; adversity
strenuous effort; hard struggle; working hard; hard fighting; fierce fighting
hungry (e.g. for success)
upmarket residential district; rich neighborhood
youthful crowd; crowd of young people coming into their own
white paper (government report)
running about; making every effort (to do); busying oneself (with); being busily engaged (in); good offices; efforts
unable to take one's eyes off of something; having to keep a watchful eye on
minute; detailed; careful; scrupulous; thorough
small tool; gadget; (stage) properties; prop; prop master
break (rest); break (tennis, boxing, snooker, etc.); becoming popular; becoming a hit
tank (of fluid); cistern; vat; tank (military vehicle)
sulfuric acid; sulphuric acid
desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity
detergent; cleanser; cleaning agent; washing material
neutralization; neutralisation; neutralization (e.g. of a poison); counteraction
McDonald's (fast food restaurant); Mac (personal computer); Macintosh
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
to rise; to get up; to stand up; to sit up
to live through; to survive
space alien; alien; extraterrestrial being
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
staff member; station employee; official
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
water tank; cistern; fish tank; aquarium
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
to wring the neck; to strangle
return (of something borrowed or entrusted); returning; giving back; repayment
good (place to leave off); convenient
numerical value; figure; result; reading (on a meter, etc.)