hollow; cavity; dent; depression
eyesight; vision; visual acuity
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)
gradually; day by day; every day; each day
twenty-second day of the month; twenty-two days
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
loss (of something); disadvantage; mistake; error; flaw; defect
self-destruction; ruining oneself; natural decay; perishing naturally
bare rock; rock surface; rock face
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
to be encouraged by initial success; to get a taste for; to yearn for more
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
to concentrate; to devote; to apply; to strain; to rack
moss; short plants resembling moss (incl. other bryophytes, lichens, very small spermatophytes, etc.)
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
cable; wire rope; cableway
to crawl out; to creep out; to begin to crawl
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
with a glitter; with a sparkle; brand new; shiny and new
(death from) starvation; starving to death
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
lightning; electric illumination; light from an electric source
thunder; thunderclap; crash of thunder
to stop in the midst of; to leave undone