middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
meanwhile; in the meantime; by the same token; in contrast
to loiter; to hang around; to wander around; to prowl; to roam
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
what is called; what you call; what they call; so-called
(fictional) fusion of human and animal; therianthrope; furry; human beast
equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence
(linguistic) competence; language capability
tedious; boring; dull; to feel bored; to get bored (with); to get tired (of)
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
under the control (of); under the dominion (of)
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
Critically Endangered (conservation status); CE
dramatic decrease; sharp drop; sudden fall
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative
to rise; to swell; to intensify; to increase; to grow stronger; to get higher
evacuees; displaced persons; refugees
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
having said that; on the other hand; (but) then; (but) still
U-turn; returning home (after a vacation); moving back to one's (rural) hometown (after having lived in a big city)
concealment; hiding; covering up; suppression
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
to ascend; to go up; to climb
the whole area; the entire region; all parts (of); the whole field (of study); every field; the whole gamut
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
looking or acting as if one owned the place
rampancy; prevalence; domination
each house; every house; many houses
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
weapons; arms; fighting with swords; sword fight
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of