contagious disease; communicable disease; transmissible disease; infectious disease; epidemic
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
private car; personal car
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
supply; supplying; replenishment
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
steamed rice with millet; boiled rice with millet
the heavens; the skies; celestial sphere; heavenly realm; deva realm
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
everywhere; at every turn
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
valley floor; bottom of a gorge; bottom of a ravine
to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
deploring; lamentation; regret; complaint
affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)
occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically
to be too numerous; to be too much
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
aeroplane; airplane; aircraft