lever; agent (causing something to happen); instrument; assistant; helper
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
example; specimen; sample
section manager; section chief
how; in what way; how about
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak
good person; virtuous person
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
to be prominent; to be conspicuous
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
serious; severe; grave; acute
smallpox; variola; pockmark; pock
unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness
hollow; cavity; dent; depression
every evening; night after night
to make (a promise); to conclude (a contract); to act as a go-between; to act as mediator; to curry favour with
the work of man; human feat; something humanly possible
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
to sweep; to brush; to clean; to gather silkworms
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
home (family, domestic) life
to hull (rice, barley, etc.); to pound (rice); to polish (rice); to stamp (ore)
rear gate (esp. of castle); back entrance; one who arrests; force attacking the rear of a castle; (opponent's) weak point
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
tensely; tightly; erectly; intuitively; instinctively; with a burst
freshly laundered and starched; fresh and unwrinkled
breastplate; chest protector; bib
facing; across from; opposite; facing each other
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
to move; to move to a new location
indispensable; essential; necessary
to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into