(arch.) young child (esp. a young girl); young
ascending a mountain stream (recreational activity)
to be burned to ashes; to come to nothing
self-inflicted injury, loss, etc.
Orkut; former Google social networking site
hunger knock; hitting the wall; bonk
tree line; forest line; timberline
for the time being; at present; (arch.) hindrance
significant difference; statistical significance
street gossips and idle rumors
to pretend not to know; to feign ignorance; to tell a lie; to lie
secularization; secularisation; popularization; popularisation
Red List (e.g. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species)
shallow-minded mouthing of secondhand information
flamberge; sword with undulations in the blade
knowing when to give up; good at letting things go; accepting failure with good grace; being a good loser
satirical; sarcastic; ironic
he that fights and runs away may live to fight another day; sometimes you have to lose to win; (lit.) losing is winning
jumping to hasty conclusions; conjecture
sounding out; measuring the depths (of a river)
there, there; kiss it better; (lit.) pain, pain, fly away
to praise highly; to sing the praises of; to applaud; to acclaim; to admire
thinking of; hitting upon
scat (in jazz); scat-singing
discord; disharmony; false note; being out of tune
acute and serious; hyperacute; fulminant
so ... that ...; to that extent; to that degree
what more can one say?; utterly at a loss for words (because of disbelief or disgust)
some; (a) little; somewhat; to some extent; in part
high-energy food (climbing, etc.); backpacking food; provisions; rations
thicket; bush; clump of bushes
aichmophobia (fear of sharply pointed objects); belonephobia
must-have; essential item
scorching heat; fierce glare of the Sun
asking a question back (e.g. to an interviewer)
white tiger (var. of Bengal tiger); bleached tiger