rocky area; rocky tract; rocky stretch (of a climb); wall (of rock)
deep impression; being deeply moved; being deeply touched
example; illustration; precedent
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
vacant house; unoccupied house
crispy; crunchy; tearing; ripping; spirited; energetic
newspaper; paper; counter for newspapers
supplement; top up; complement; making up (a deficiency)
rote memorization (memorisation); rote learning; indiscriminate memorizing (memorising)
uncertain; doubtful; unreliable; unsteady; unclear; vague
concession; conciliation; compromise
to resort to violence; to use force; to be able to get; to be able to afford; to jab; to swing at a bad ball (baseball)
opening; gap; dried and opened fish; extension
excitation; stimulation; revitalization; reinvigoration
filtration; filtering; percolation
to become famous overnight; to burst into fame
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
being very active; being very useful; playing a very active part; making a spectacular showing; great efforts; splendid work
emotional attachment; attitude (expressing emotion); meditative pose (e.g. an actor); posing for effect
fetal movement; movements of the fetus; quickening; signs (of); indications; stirrings
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs
exactly right!; indeed; damn straight
(male) farmer; peasant; farmhand
goggling; rolling (one's eyes)
leaving everything up to someone else
bulky; unwieldy; haughty; high-handed
practice field; training ground; driving range; practice hall; rehearsal space
to shrivel (e.g. cut vegetables, skin); to wilt; to fade; to wither; to be wizened
(so marvelous or horrible that it may be) the first and probably the last
all but dead; half killed
having had enough; flatly refusing; wouldn't do for anything; begging pardon
men; manservant; male attendants to an actor
busily; sedulously; laboriously; feverishly; fussily; worrying (about little things)
to assort; to classify; to journalize (in accounting); to journalise
lining; land that does not adjoin to public or private roads
chisel; burin; graver; gad; jumper
separation (e.g. of rubbish when recycling); classification; discrimination; division; distinction
untouched; unused; intact
marrow; pith; centre; center; bottom of one's heart