muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
flat; level; calm; tranquil; relaxed (sitting posture); comfortable
witty and knowing; not to be underestimated; smooth operator
to live up to (one's) expectations; to meet expectations
No Entry; No Trespassing; No Admittance; off-limits; restricted; forbidden
inviolability; nonaggression; sacredness
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
sacred precincts; sanctuary; consecrated ground; issue that is regarded as being off-limits; matter that is not up for discussion
superman; superhuman person; Superman (superhero)
cannibalism (in animals); feeding on each other; mutually harmful competition; internecine struggle; dog-eat-dog competition
by sheer strength; by brute force
exterior; surface; outside; outward appearance; looks
fields (of rice and other crops)
to till; to plow; to plough; to cultivate
exaggerated; bombastic; highly colored; highly coloured
tailoring; dressmaking; sewing; making; preparation
medical science; medicine
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)
burning at the stake; execution by burning
burning at the stake; burning to death
extensive; vast range; wide scope
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
product; produce; result; fruit
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
concurrence; coincidence; complication (in illness)
cruel; brutal; savage; barbarous
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
some book; book about that subject; books
carbonization; carbonisation
fluent (in a language); flowing
death penalty; capital punishment
to be prolonged; to drag on
to think of as the main point; to make the main purpose; to put the focus on
Vienna sausage; wiener; Vienna coffee; Viennese
pilloried criminal exposed to public view; public scorn or humiliation; person shamed in front of others
penalty; sentence; punishment
to knead; to mix; to complicate; to turn into a mess
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised