positioning; getting a position; taking a position
modesty; humility; being humble
well-known; famous; noted; popular; recognized
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
to get; to obtain; to come by; to find
being addicted to; being wholly absorbed by; falling ill; becoming sick
meat eating; eating of meat; meat diet; carnivorous
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
to arrive home; to return
to get used (to); to get familiar with; to get skillful with
to cut up; to cut and discard; to eliminate systematically (in fault-finding); to isolate
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
to watch over; to watch attentively
to examine; to check; to inspect
touchstone; Lydian stone; touchstone (e.g. of success); test; litmus test
concentration (e.g. of a solution); enrichment; condensation
to rub on; to rub against; to wipe on; to strike (a match)
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
utensil; implement; tool; instrument; appliance; apparatus
manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
both; both sides; both parties
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
sounding; probing; probe; stylet; spy
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
hard to reach place; remote place
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
knowing; (an) acquaintance
long (time); longstanding; for a long time
to take back; to recapture
now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
just cause; good reason; pretext; duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)