wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
treating (someone) with great caution (so as not to anger or upset them); handling with kid gloves; treating gingerly
free (of charge); gratuitous
optional; voluntary; arbitrary; arbitrary
injury; harm; evil influence; damage
to become settled; to be fixed
to look out over (far into the distance); to command a view of
artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
to force one's way; to push through
to change completely; to switch (to); to shift (to another mode)
wild beast; wild animal; brute
pit viper (esp. the mamushi, Gloydius blomhoffi)
fierce animal; beast of prey; big game
scorpion (Scorpiones spp.)
marshland; wetland; swampland
poisonous snake; poisonous serpent
to make good use of one's spare moments; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
to dress stylishly; to joke; to play on words
detached house; single house; single building; isolated house; house in isolated location
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation
outward appearance; exterior appearance; outward show; looks
early autumn (fall); seventh month of the lunar calendar
elevation; height above sea level
night air; stillness of night; cool evening
bell (used for summoning or signalling); buzzer
noisily (esp. the noise of heavy feet)
floating; drifting; weightlessness; softly; gently; lightly
almost; very nearly; only just; barely; just in time
to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms
to jump from one thing to another
trunks (swimming, boxing, etc.); trunks (underwear); boxers; boxer shorts
what the?; what's that?; what are you doing?; what's going on?
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)