to the last; persistency; thoroughness
guest; visitor; visitor's arrival
conformity; compatibility; adaptability; congruity; congruence
goal; basket (basketball); finishing line; Gaul
true to one's name; living up to one's name
to fold one's arms; to stand and watch (without interfering); to stand idly by; to lie in wait; to be ready and waiting
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous
smallest (in size, degree, etc.); least; minimum; minimal
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
to lure someone; to entice someone
to insure (something); to come up with a back-up plan; to hedge one's bets; to play it safe
to enclose (with); to surround (with); to turn (one's head, heel, etc.); to think over; to work out; (arch.) to notify (orally or in writing)
reigning; controlling; dictating
looking like (someone); taking after (either of one's parents)
mating; crossbreeding; cross-fertilization; cross-fertilisation
space alien; alien; extraterrestrial being
(not) even when using ...; (not) even with the help of ...; (not) even by ...
to be on the verge of; to be about to; to be on the point of
scattering; diffusion; spread (e.g. signal across the spectrum)
component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
commonplace (of people or animals); ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; found around every corner
to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of
elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge
to let out a cry; to shout
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
to plant; to transplant; to instil (idea, feeling, etc.)
to undergo surgery; to have an operation
early (days); initial stage; initial
cultivation; nurture; culture
transplanting (a plant); transplant; transplantation (of an organ, tissue, etc.); transplant; embryo transfer; embryo transplant
copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy
straightforwardly; readily; without hesitation
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
to finger; to tamper (with)
fossil; petrifaction; petrification; fossilization
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words