to read a large number (of); to read widely; to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre)
grave; solemn; serious; harsh (e.g. truth); hard; strict
to take someone's life; to kill someone
not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling
sacrifice; victim (esp. someone killed); casualty; sacrifice (to a deity)
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
log; dace (Tribolodon hakonensis); test subject (of human experiments performed by Unit 731 during WWII); (arch.) prostitute dressed as a Buddhist nun
one eye; discerning eye; excellent judgement
assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight
stone wall; dry wall; rocky cliff; stone precipice
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
spiderweb; spider web; spider's web; cobweb
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
allocation; assignment; allotment
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
half and half; fifty-fifty
just one person; only one
to take (someone to a place); to take (someone) with one; to take along; to lead away
to one's heart's content; to one's complete satisfaction; as much as one likes; heartily; thoroughly; without restraint
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
to feel keenly; to strike to the core; to touch to the quick; to pierce deep inside (e.g. of cold)
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
dead end; blind alley; no through road (i.e. on signage); end; end of the road; end point
final destination; last stop; end; conclusion; goal
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
hyah!; hah!; there!; ugh!; argh!; damn it!
turning around (once); suddenly; abruptly; completely (wrapped in something); quickly (unwrapping something); beautiful, round (eyes)
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to look around; to survey
storage room; store room; lumber room