origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
spider's thread; spider silk
tough; strong; stiff; tenacious
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive
unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled
somewhat larger (amount); quite a lot; a little more (than usual); a little extra
right of control; supremacy; sovereignty
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
mapping; aligning related information, objects, etc.; mapping; mapping; cartography
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round
to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on
bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat
to settle (in a place); to settle down
comfortable to live in (of a neighborhood, etc.); convenient; congenial; agreeable
bloodsucking; sucking blood
ultrasonic waves; ultrasound
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
skewer; spit; skewering; impalement; running through (e.g. with spear)
survival; survivor; relic
each place; various places