wasteland; wilderness; abandoned land; devastated land
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
absorption; suction; attraction
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade
to fail (in getting a job); to miss out (at fishing, hunting, etc.); to be left out; to be crowded out
before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently
newcomer; neophyte; novice; newbie
leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)
taking no notice; ignoring; not even looking at
double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
strong person; the strong; the powerful
exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover
having gone too far to turn back
gathering; place where people gather; (arch.) police station; (arch.) camp; (arch.) barracks
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about
working one's employees hard; being a slave-driver
position; location; base; point; site
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of
to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply
unthinkable; count for nothing; not matter; out of the question
to be to the point; to be pertinent
protegee; someone who one considers as a younger sister
pursuer; pursuing party; posse
to ration out and survive on (some food); to eke out a living
worst; poor and boring; uncool
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
to cross; to intersect; to associate with; to mingle with; to have a sexual relationship; to copulate
to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off
retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
one's common name; one's popular name; alias; house name
to smash violently; to crush
remarkable ability; mastery; brilliant technique; go-getter; resourceful person; wizard
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission