to shirk one's responsibility
to spread rumors; to spread rumours
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
to see without obstruction; to see through; to forecast; to predict; to anticipate
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
impostor; imposter; pretender; liar
to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)
suffering; distress; hardship; trial
not at all; don't worry about it; forget about it
straight (from one place to another); going right onto; on the way; simultaneously; incidentally; directly
uneventfully; without incident; without a hitch; peacefully
to be entwined; to be involved
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
coplanar; in the same plane; flush; even (with)
upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys); upper layer; layer above
lower layer; layer beneath; lower strata (classes)
to dig down; to dig into (a matter); to delve into; to probe into
to be accustomed to traveling (travelling)
lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child
abandoned mine; disused mine
propriety; right and wrong; advisability; pro and con; ayes and noes
lizard; skink lizard (Scincidae spp.)
scorpion (Scorpiones spp.)
getting rich quick; making a killing; making a fortune at a single stroke
sometimes; occasionally; now and then; from time to time
crystal; crystallization; crystallisation; fruits (of labor, union, etc.)
gold vein; gold-bearing reef
gold nugget; gold bullion; gold bar; gold ingot
gooseflesh; goose pimples; goose bumps
sting (of a bee, etc.); stinger; needle covered with poison
official announcement; proclamation
human-wave tactics; throwing people at a problem
way of speaking; intimation; lips; mouth; snout