to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces
atmosphere; air; magnanimity; generosity
different (quality, nature); heterogeneous
to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame
aggression; invasion; raid
living thing; organism; creature; biology
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
to clear away; to remove; to demolish
lofty; sublime; noble; the sublime (aesthetics)
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, handicap, etc.); overcoming; bringing under control; subjugation; victory over
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
root; source; origin; cause
sexual desire; sex drive; lust
settlement; permanent residency
over the top; thickly; heavily; richly
figure of speech; rhetorical flourish
peafowl (incl. the male peacock, female peahen, and young peachick)
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
advocate (of a theory or principle); ideologist; -ist (i.e. adherent to a belief system); (arch.) socialist; (arch.) communist
surplus; remainder; residue; margin; balance
to pour into (liquids); to pump into
falling down; tumbling; reversing; inverting; getting upset
to be profitable (business); to pay; to be in the black
merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
to get stuck in; to be mired in; to be addicted to
fanatic; fanatic believer; zealot
to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)
to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
to be overproduced; to be incredibly good (e.g. for a child); to go much better than expected; to be too good to be true (of a story, etc.)
labor; labour; manpower; working force
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
beforehand; in advance; previously
to inlay; to insert; to plug in (to a formula); to immerse; to trick; to deceive
nothing but; none other than
extraterrestrial life; ET