boor; rustic; country bumpkin; lout
outsider; layman; amateur
careful selection; careful screening; hand-picking
toughness (of a material); tenacity; fracture toughness
tenacious; persevering; persistent; sticky
to cut downward; to slash downward
manufacturing method; recipe; formula
not a word to anyone; keep it secret; mum's the word
to shed light; to cast light
scenery; scene; landscape
floating; drifting; suspension; (arch.) wandering (about)
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
Yggdrasil (tree in Norse mythology)
class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy
sprouts; new shoots; young buds
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; respectable
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
hornworm (caterpillar of a hawk moth); (hairless) caterpillar
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails
tree trunk; bole; backbone; base; foundation
to eat up and spoil (e.g. crops); to eat away; to eat a bit of everything; to encroach upon; to take over
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
obedient; submissive; tame; slavish
gray or silver haired (grey)
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
to be turned up; to be lifted up (e.g. by the wind)
cilium; cilia; fine hairs
pipe; tube; wind instrument; vessel; duct; counter for tube-shaped objects
to wriggle; to writhe; to squirm; to scrawl
winding; meandering; zigzagging; zig-zag; in twists and turns; sinuously
gum; rubber; eraser; condom
to wind (of a road, river, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
hanging in midair; suspended in midair; midair stunt; aerial stunt
to be turned up; to be lifted up (e.g. by the wind)
without losing time (e.g. to do); without even time for (doing something)
(right at the) side; just beside
to knock (a person) off his feet; to hit (something) hard; to send (someone) flying
being unhuman; being removed from humanity; being unworldly