secretary; councillor; councilor
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
highwayman; bandit; brigand; highway robbery; holdup; mugging
wheat straw; barley straw
person adrift on the sea; castaway (on an island)
archipelago; chain of islands
cannibalism; anthropophagism
spilling; spill; leavings; leftovers
exploration party; expedition team
to compete ruthlessly; (lit.) to sharpen swords
Amazon (river, rainforest etc.); Amazon (woman of Greek mythology)
spatula; (artificially cultured) Japanese crucian carp
joining (an association, agreement, etc.); participation; affiliation; accession
person sought by the police; wanted person; fugitive from justice
face contorted and about to cry
to revere; to respect; to worship
archipelago; group of islands
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
ancestor; forefather; foremother
to mix; to stir; to blend
with a clink; with a flop; suddenly; all of a sudden
New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia); new world
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
real nuisance; becoming inconvenienced by someone else's problems (through no fault of one's own)
close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)
to put someone to work; to make someone work
the way one talks; one's way of speaking
even so; anyhow; at any rate