dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
schedule; program; programme; itinerary
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
(newspaper) carrier; newspaper (delivery) boy (girl); new
to employ; to hire; to take on; to charter (a car, boat, etc.); to hire
skinny person; scrawny person; scarecrow; bag of bones
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
to twine; to get tangled; to be involved (e.g. of money in a matter); to get involved (in); to pick a quarrel (with); to find fault (with)
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
too (much); overly; excessively
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
Erman's birch (Betula ermanii); Russian rock birch
to bend many times; to turn and twist; to zigzag
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
living thing; organism; creature; biology
high ground; plateau; heights; highlands
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
in the mountains; among the mountains
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
to lose one's way; to get lost
to get blurry vision; to get bleary eyes; to get dim eyesight
hard to see; indistinct; obscure; illegible
at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end; having no choice
valley floor; bottom of a gorge; bottom of a ravine
sliding down (a slope, mountainside); slipping down
desperation; struggle to the death
feeling in the hands (when striking, poking, etc.); (feeling of) resistance; response (to one's efforts); reaction; (having an) effect (on)
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
to fly around; to scatter
(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe
remainder; remnant; the rest; what is left; balance; leftovers
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
an instant; a split second; no time at all; (lit.) time of an "ah!"
to tumble down; to roll down
to cut up; to split open; to rip to pieces; to tear to pieces
numbness; going to sleep (of a limb); pins and needles
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort
to use up all one's strength; to die