corrosion; etching; action of acid; saprophagy
poor crop; bad harvest; crop failure; low quality (e.g. of literary works)
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
loitering; roaming; sauntering; wandering about; prowling
few decades; many decades; several decades
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
return; comeback; reinstatement; carriage return; CR
environment; circumstance
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
inspiration; afflatus; ability to sense the supernatural (esp. ghosts, etc.)
to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over
in swarms; in great crowds
skeleton (of a vertebrate, ship, building, etc.); transparency (revealing the inner workings of a device); translucency; skeleton (sport); skeleton (code)
main force; chief object; mainline
population (of animals, etc.); population size; number of individuals
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)
specialization; specialisation
sharing one's lot with another; being in the same boat
to be born; to come into the world
holding out a little longer
convening; calling together (e.g. parliament); call-up (for military service)
duty; function; office; mission; task
modest; reserved; quiet; humble
pupil; student; schoolchild
self-study; teaching oneself; studying by oneself (at school) while the teacher is absent
spare energy, time or money; remaining strength; reserve power; money to spare
extermination; expulsion; destruction
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
boasting of one's strength