weird; disgusting; sickening
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
through; non-stop; direct; going straight to
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
iron grill; iron grille; iron lattice; prison
tank for holding excreta (often used for fertilizer) (fertiliser); night soil vat or reservoir; cesspool
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
gondola (boat, esp. in Venice); gondola (hot-air balloon, airship, etc.); basket; scaffold (building); display shelf (shop)
region; limits; stage; level
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
to have no chance (of succeeding)
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
to lure out of; to decoy out of; to drive to (tears, sleep, etc.); to evoke (sympathy, etc.); (arch.) to abduct; (arch.) to entice out of
understanding completely; understanding all there is to know
usually; ordinarily; always; continuous; 24-hour (operation, care, etc.); constant
light trap (for killing insects)
advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
thicket; coppice; brushwood
not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work
variables; uncertain elements; uncertainties; imponderables
front; frontage; facade; main
insensitive; inconsiderate; callous; thick-skinned
to like; to prefer; to be pleased by
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
stronghold; citadel; headquarters
perception; sensing; noticing
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
to break; to tear; to pierce; to split; to burst
unearthly; otherworldly; out of this world; ethereal
(one's) family; dependents; household; follower; retainer; underling