stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump
surface of the earth; ground surface
bad-tempered; aggressive; quarrelsome
near; close by; within reach; familiar
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
cutting in round slices; round slice; dividing into groups (e.g. by ability)
(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies
pit of the stomach; solar plexus
to be damaged; to receive damage
cobra twist; abdominal stretch
flash; instant; lightning (speed)
quick work; (clever) feat
intending to persuade someone and instead being persuaded oneself; going for wool and coming home shorn; the biter bit; (lit.) the mummy hunter himself becomes a mummy
death; rejection (of a manuscript, etc.); lacking; without
going upstream; swimming upstream
arch of the foot; plantar arch
beginning of autumn; beginning of fall
short-tempered; quick-tempered; hasty
to dress (vegetables, salad, etc.)
boom; rage; fad; boom; cross-arm
to grow; to cultivate; to wear a beard
merman; half man-half fish
Gilman; Gillman; Gillmann; Guillemin; Guilmant
(coming to a) mutual understanding; understanding each other
to cite as an example; to refer to; to quote
great person; eminent figure
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
fluorescent color; fluorescent colour
height of summer; hottest part of summer
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by