tree; shrub; wood; timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into
running; gliding; first (harvest) of the season; beginning; start; kitchen sink
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
maintenance; preservation; improvement
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
out of luck; (at the) end of one's rope
tree trunk; bole; backbone; base; foundation
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off
very loose; slowly; leisurely
existence; being; life; survival
to be dead; to be lifeless
fallen leaves; leaf litter; falling leaves
crisp (not moist or juicy); crunchy; crunching sound (of walking on snow, frost, sand, etc.); doing skillfully and efficiently; doing quickly; (arch.) sound of pouring liquid
to run about; to rush about
movement (of the body); action; bearing; carriage; operation (of a machine, software, etc.); running
to be crushed; to be squashed (flat)
to tear off; to pluck off; to take forcibly
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (at); to fling (at); to vent (e.g. one's anger); to express (one's feelings)
(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"
to pull down; to haul down
proper; respectable; decent; honest
to bud; to sprout; to arise; to begin to grow
to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)
rational; reasonable; logical
one's every action; every single move; slight effort; least trouble; small amount of work
to save; to leave over; to spare
focus; focal point; focus (of attention, a discussion, etc.); point at issue; focus
to harm; to hurt; to fail to do; to do amiss; to almost do; to come close to doing
to push aside; to push one's way through
unexpectedly; surprisingly
handbrake; parking brake; emergency brake
as you see; as you can see