ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
to carve into; to cut into; to engrave into; to inscribe
carving; engraving; sculpture
watermark (in a stamp, banknote, etc.); openwork (engraving, carving, etc.)
to take a lot of dealing with; to be a handful
anciently; formerly; old times; a long time ago
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires
invitation; introduction; temptation
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
attending someone through the night (guard, nurse); act of a woman sleeping with a man (at his bidding); keeping overnight vigil over body before burial
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to push aside; to brush or thrust aside; to remove; to get rid of
who cares?; I don't give a damn; what does it matter?
genuine article; real thing; real deal
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
to shake; to waver; to tremble
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
that's the way it is; such is life
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)
just past noon; afternoon
last night; yesterday evening
questions and answers; dialogue
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
to do one good; to be beneficial; to stand in someone else's shoes; (arch.) to care deeply for someone
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
how; in what way; in what manner
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess