to warm (up); to heat (up); to sit on (an idea, plan, etc.); to keep to oneself; to renew (an old friendship); to take for oneself
sub; substitute; reserve; sub-
to be in disorder; to lie scattered around
not without its worth; not to be undervalued; not altogether hopeless; nothing to sneeze at; pretty impressive
charred; burnt black; scorched black
succession; continuation; series; sequence
seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading
to think; to use one's head; to exercise one's brains
to have a narrow escape from death
dirty; vulgar; nasty; offensive; disgusting
working one's employees hard; being a slave-driver
attractive middle-aged man
to carry out (of somewhere); to transport; to take out
contrast; juxtaposition; comparison; correlation (of strata)
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
destination; place one stays during a trip
to split; to be split; to become sunken (e.g. of cheeks); to become hollowed; to weaken (e.g. of motivation, interest, etc.); to decrease
forcefulness of speech; influential voice
just safe (e.g. just avoiding being late, failing an exam, etc.); only just OK; barely acceptable
clip-clop; clippety-clop; clamshell cellphone; flip cellphone
work style; way of working
sword skills; swordsmanship
way; manner; school (e.g. of flower arrangement); class; rate; flow
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
tornado; whirlwind; waterspout; twister
all around; as far as the eye can see
dynamic lift; lifting power
(beating someone) hands down; with a single blow
value; worth; virtue; blessing
moneymaking; earning money
to do something with painful reluctance; (lit.) to have one's hair pulled from behind
far away in the distance; in the far distance
degeneration; retrogression; atrophy; regression (e.g. of society); deterioration; degeneration
indigenousness; being native (to a region); settling (of people); native; indigenous; aboriginal
coexistence; living together; symbiosis; paragenesis