business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
thief; robber; burglar; bandit
particularly; only; in the case of
only; merely; but; no more than
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
to filch; to snatch; to steal (an idea, work, etc.); to plagiarize; to arrest; to nab
originator; pioneer; inventor; progenitor; primogenitor; founder of a family line
to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)
actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
just safe (e.g. just avoiding being late, failing an exam, etc.); only just OK; barely acceptable
that being the case; in that case; if that's how it's going to go
calm; serenity; tranquillity; tranquility
tremblingly; having the chills (through fear, cold, anticipation, etc.)
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
to become covered in moss; to become mossy; to grow over with moss; to become aged; to grow old
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
breath; sign (of something new and fresh); breath (of spring, fresh air, etc.); vitality
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
to throw into; to toss into
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
discovery; detection; finding
whereabouts; place where one is; position; location
rapid increase; proliferation; surge; explosion
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
that's a different matter; that's a different story
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander
one-by-one; separately; in detail
to get tired out; to be exhausted
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
rash; thoughtless; careless; hasty; imprudent
owl (esp. the Ural owl, Strix uralensis)