disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
speciality; specialty; special subject of study; sole interest; single focus; concentrating exclusively on
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
unreliable; undependable; untrustworthy; not to be counted on
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. of a joke)
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
to get one's head around; to think about
hurriedly; in a hurry; hastily; in haste
clear as day; plain as day; patently obvious; (lit.) clearer than watching a fire
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
one end; an end; part; fragment
harvest; crop; fruits (of one's labors); gain; catch (fishing); bag (hunting)
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to be rested; to feel at ease; to repose; to be relieved
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
unfavourable comparison; unfavorable comparison
confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining; joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up
lizard; skink lizard (Scincidae spp.)
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
performance; trick; feat; extraordinary deed; daring act; bold move
trivial; not amounting to much
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
shortage; scarcity; dearth; famine
end; tip; extremities; rank and file; part of an organisation furthest from the centre
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
usual; normal; long (of time); old; for a long time; for a while
speech and conduct; words and actions; words and deeds; behavior; behaviour; manners
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
to head towards; to direct one's steps to
leading; foremost; preeminent; outstanding; one of the best
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)
as one wishes; as one wants; to one's satisfaction