maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development
branches and leaves; foliage; unimportant details; nonessentials; side issue
flowers and fruit; blossom and fruit; name and reality; form and content; appearance and substance
beautification; glorification
thick with smoke, moisture or odor; hard to breathe (air)
heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever
to go along; to walk along; to follow
number of days; period of days; daily interest rate
(any) particular; special; particularly noteworthy; worth mentioning
outside of; not covered by
perfunctory; cursory; passing; chance (e.g. customer); transient; stray
way; method; means; effect; result; benefit
in the mountains; among the mountains
candidacy; standing as a candidate; bidding (to host an event, e.g. the Olympics)
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge
signature phrase; signature saying
visit for no reason; go on fool's errand
association; union; guild
to shake (from fear, cold, excitement, etc.); to shudder; to tremble
dissenting opinion; opposite viewpoint; contraview
even if not; even without
to make efforts; to take pains; to break a bone
sounds good; sure thing; no problem
effect; result; worth; use; avail
great player; star player
feeling keenly; fully realizing
primeval forest; virgin forest
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
unexplored region; secluded region; place off the beaten track
in some way or other; in some shape or form; somehow
worldwide; global; international; world-famous; world-class
felling timber; cutting down trees; logging; lumbering
weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection (e.g. natural selection)
in truth; as it is; as you are; in practice
to bother; to meddle; to poke one's nose (into another's business); to be too helpful
to care for someone; to look after someone
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
to fall into ruin; to be desolated