money-making; earning money
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
sounds good; sure thing; no problem
to let an opportunity slip
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
dragon (as depicted in Western myths)
to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to be frightened; to get cold feet; to chicken out
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
tail (animal); tail end; tip
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
wyvern (two-legged dragon); wivern
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
low-life; sleazebag; boor; person of humble rank; humble person; peasant
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
river; stream; River; the ... river
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
to dam up; to hold back; to keep back; to stem (an activity); to check (e.g. progress)
submersion; inundation; being flooded
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
to be plump; to be chubby
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
strongly hoping or requesting (of something that is difficult to be brought to fruition)
not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work