ingredient; component; composition
to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort
here and there; various places; all around; muddled; confused; in the wrong order
difficult to ...; hard to ...
heap; pile; stack; full measure
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
thickly; densely; luxuriantly
only; merely; but; no more than
dozens; scores of; decades
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
good-natured; of good character
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
subterranean rumbling; earth tremor
to be unsteady; to reel; to shake; to waver; to be unsettled (feelings, thoughts, etc.)
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
though; although; notwithstanding; while; as; at the same time as
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
rather than; more ... than ...
one by one; one after another; successively
to crawl out of; to creep out of
to make an appearance; to show up
surface of the earth; ground surface
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
in the ground; in the earth; underground; subterranean
to face on; to look out on to
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (flyers, etc.); to give out; to shake off (a pursuer, companion, etc.); to give the slip
to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
to be treated to a meal; to be given a meal
to be silent; to say nothing
impossible to do (although wants to)
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
extermination (of pests); eradication; stamping out (e.g. a social evil)
fault; weakness; flaw; crux (of a matter); difficult point; point of contention
dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot
physical condition; state of health; shape
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create