great inconvenience; great deal of trouble; big nuisance; royal pain in the behind
retribution; retributive justice; karma; just deserts; poetic justice; reward and punishment for one's past behavior
line; queue; procession; matrix
imbalance; lack of balance; lopsidedness; disproportion; inequality; disparity
deviation; inclination; offset; polarization; polarisation
treacherous; heinous; treasonous; atrocious
to take a long hard look at; to look (someone) full in the face
seeming to want to say something; looking like one wants to give one's opinion
king; monarch; ruler; champion
apparent age (of someone); rough age
engineering works; civil engineering; public works
turns and twists; ups and downs; meandering; complications; vicissitudes
in bad taste; vulgar; tasteless
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
rude; outspoken; presumptuous; cheeky
to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate
physical work; manual labour (labor)
black-dyed leather; leather dyed in deep indigo; edible mushroom in the Thelephoraceae family
evening; sunset; nightfall
fleet (fishing, naval, etc.); convoy; group of ships
irreproachable conduct; good conduct; high morals
sleep-talking; nonsense; gibberish
producing (people) in great numbers; appearing one after the other
well-bred; of good upbringing
easy to deal with; easily manageable; tractable; malleable
hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding
young and cheeky; brash; sassy
wharf; quay; landing-stage; jetty
to think of; to give one's thought to
unable to compete with; not able to make a dent in (e.g. a problem); not able to get a solid hit in (e.g. in a fight); hard to chew
counter for ships (large boats); counter for half of a pair (e.g. half of a folding screen); counter for fish, birds, arrows, etc.
type of vessel; design of a ship
short and stout; small but wide around
chartered ship; chartering or hiring a vessel