to take flight; to disappear
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
snipping sound; cutting sound; to cut
filtration; filtering; percolation
to water down; to dilute with water
elementary; basic; rudimentary
often; frequently; lightly (of a movement); easily; simply
criticizing; lambasting; pointing out faults; calling for a retake; ordering (somebody) to redo something
somehow; for some reason or other
certified (as genuine, valuable, etc.); guaranteed (article); of established reputation; acknowledged; pièce de résistance
oblique line; forward slash
to strike out; to start swimming
semi-transparent; translucent
fry; juvenile fish; fingerling
(wearing) low over one's eyes
owl (esp. the Ural owl, Strix uralensis)
to choose the best; to select carefully; to handpick
painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
flicker (light); waver; trickle (water); glance at
to mark the end; to spell the end
neutrality (incl. chemical, electrical, etc.); indifference; sexlessness; androgyny; neuter gender
snowmelt; meltwater; melted snow
black spot; dark spot; sunspot
to brave a danger; to take a risk
(death from) starvation; starving to death
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
calamity; disaster; accident
to exorcise; to cleanse; to purify
territory; domain; dominion; possession; sphere of action
hellfire; flames of hell; raging fire; large fire; fire that consumes an evildoer
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
to scatter away; to blast away; to blow away (via explosion)
greenhouse; hothouse; conservatory; glasshouse