gold mine; treasure trove; golconda; (lit.) mountain of treasures
title of honour; title of honor
speaker; narrator; speaker (of a language)
kidnapper; kidnaper; abductor
treatment (of a person); dealing with
guess; conjecture; surmise
to ask for instructions; to ask for someone's opinion; to inquire of; to invoke an oracle; to consult an oracle
intimacy; affection; familiarity
to change sides; to double-cross; to betray; to roll over (in bed); to turn over
steady; sound; solid; reliable; trustworthy
effect; efficacy; validity; potency
lonely (place); remote; in the middle of nowhere
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
means of transportation; transport service
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
to launch a surprise attack
to use completely; to use up; to exhaust; to exhaust somebody's civility; to give up (on someone)
heavy work; manual labour; feat of strength
trial of strength; test of one's strength (stamina)
re-examination; reinvestigation
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
thin (e.g. air); diluted; sparse; lacking (e.g. empathy); deficient; insufficient (e.g. zeal)
rough (touch, voice, etc.); coarse; gritty; rattling (of beans, beads, etc.)
(one) leaf; (one) petal; piece (of paper); flake (of snow)
to stop raining or snowing
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
public agency; public institution
one turn; one round; (a) size; to go around; to make a circuit; twelve years
(passenger) car; automobile
business person; operator; carrier (telecommunications, transport, etc.)
landscape gardening; landscape architecture
photographer; cameraman; camera operator; cinematographer