painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
dead tree; withered tree; leafless tree; bare tree
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden
scorpion (Scorpiones spp.)
oil; petroleum; kerosene; paraffin
oasis; OASYS (Fujitsu WP system)
to be erected; to be built
surface of the earth; ground surface
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
Age of Discovery; Age of Exploration
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
westerlies; prevailing westerlies
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
coastal waters; adjacent seas
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
transport; transportation
fishing industry; fishery
making frequent appearances; appearing often; appearing and disappearing
the place for; the time for; the level of
ocean; large sea; fabric pattern
plate (often as in "tectonic plate")
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier