pockmark (caused by a pimple); acne scarring
battlefield; battleground
look who's talking; I don't want to hear it from you; are you in any position to say that?
to be fired up with enthusiasm for accomplishing something
ending up right back where one started
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
quarrying (stone); quarryman; stonecutting; stonemasonry; stonecutter
to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in
if not ... then what is it?; (this) is nothing other than ...; (it) must be ...; (it) is definitely ...
ordination (esp. Catholic)
conversion (of paper money, esp. into specie)
to hide; to lie motionless in hiding
to carry under the arm; to scoop up (liquid)
Olympic cauldron; Olympic flame platform
to come to an end; to lower the curtain
to quarry; to cut (timber); to cut and carry off; to select and extract (from a media file); to splice out
annexation; merger; swallowing up
secluding oneself in the mountains; undertaking ascetic practices at a mountain temple; retreat; off-site meeting
day laborer; day labourer
hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
to the best of my ability, poor though it be
feigned; pretending (not to know)
presenter; submitter; proposer