few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
predation; eating prey; preying upon
edelweiss (Leontopodium alpinum)
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
to take down in notes (meeting minutes, etc.); to apply (concepts, ideas, etc. to specific processes or methods); to drop into something (e.g. a bag); to entice; to lure
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
chicken; coward; scaredy-cat; chicken
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
way; method; means; (technical) specification
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
breaking a commandment (usually religious); offense against the Buddhist commandments (offence)
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
madness; craziness; insanity
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
irradiation; radiation; beaming; exposure (to light); illumination
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
early (days); initial stage; initial
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
expansion; swelling; increase; growth
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring