poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation; protoform reconstruction
true state; actual condition; reality
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
long and large; tall and large; grand; huge
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
to burrow through; to dig through
smelting furnace; blast furnace
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
mineral deposit; ore deposit
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
bright red; crimson lotus flower
counter for jewels in a watch; counter for transistors, diodes, etc. in an electronic product
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
easily; readily; with ease; without trouble
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
to settle down; to get a steady job; to marry and raise a family; to attire oneself; to outfit oneself
to put on armour (armor); to wear armour; to arm oneself; to wear; to cover
blacksmith's workshop; smithy; forge; foundry
to be smeared; to be covered
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
man; male; masculine gender
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)