assortment; product lineup
colouring; coloring; shade (of colour); flavour; nuance; feel
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
(out of) desperation; (as a) last resort; (driven by) pain
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
shell (of crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; person's back; years of experience
skin; outer skin; integument; husk; hull; shell
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
to allot; to allocate; to supply with; to furnish; to fit to; to fasten to
protection against dust; dust-proof; dust-tight
grinder; grinding machine
briskly; quickly; promptly
having nothing to do; having time on one's hands (and not knowing what to do); being at a loose end; being bored
to soak; to dip; to steep; to moisten; to wet
to dry (clothes, etc.); to desiccate
to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily
mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about
to become keen on; to get passionate about
eating quickly; speed-eating
to put to bed; to lay down lengthwise; to put a thing on its side; to set something aside unused; to let lie idle; to ferment
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
process; operation; stage of a process; progress of work
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
-like; pseudo-; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism; (arch.) censure
moss; short plants resembling moss (incl. other bryophytes, lichens, very small spermatophytes, etc.)
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
to cling to; to stick to; to lie flat (e.g. on the ground)
style (of a work, author, artist, etc.); characteristics
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
very highly commended; highly lauded; very well-received; very popular
bed and food; eating and sleeping
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
hard worker; hardworking person
law of cause and effect; principle of causality
mania; enthusiasm; maniac; enthusiast; nut
to scold severely; to thunder against; to give someone hell