exhausting work; hard work; severe duty
to achieve; to win; to gain; to attain
cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do
prop; stay; support; brace; fulcrum
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
ready wit; quick wits; resourcefulness; raising (money)
(cargo) depot; (garbage) collection site; (ammunition) dump
to leave behind (cargo, passengers, etc.)
to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
marine plant; seagrass; seaweed
reaffirmation; reconfirmation; revalidation
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; deterioration; degeneration; transmutation
Achilles tendon; calcaneal tendon; Achilles' heel; vulnerable point
submarine; midget submarine
Western Europe; the West; the Occident; Europe
previously; already; beforehand; in advance; for some time
trial product; prototype model
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry
historical event; ancient event; tradition; folklore; legend
named after; associated with; connected with
things on hand; things in stock; money on hand; money in one's wallet; on hand; in stock
to level (earth); to cut through (a mountain); to split (the opposition); to break (strike)
to damage; to do harm; to disadvantage
general statement; outline
to be traced (of a criminal); to be tracked; (arch.) to have a (male) lover
using every trick (in the book)
only recently; just of late
aim; goal; prospect; outlook