to be helpful; to be useful
high barometric pressure to the west, low pressure to the east
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
plateau; tableland; eminence
depression; lowlands; low ground; bottom land; plain
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
terrain; geographical features; topography
valley floor; bottom of a gorge; bottom of a ravine
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
along the road; along the way
to ripen; to mature; to be ready for action; to be the right time (to act); to be in common use; to come to sound natural
difficult to ...; hard to ...
falling of fruit; fallen fruit
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
dissemination; scattering; sprinkling; spraying
dripping; trickling; drop by drop; in drops
article for sale; goods for sale; offering; specialty; selling point
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going
that's the way it is; such is life
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain; England
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
achievement; meritorious deed; distinguished service; contribution
foolhardiness; recklessness; savage valour; savage valor; brute courage
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
to pay; to be profitable; to pull against each other
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
newton (N) (SI unit of force); Newton (Sir Isaac)
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus