world view; outlook on the world; Weltanschauung (philosophy); appearance of a world (e.g. in fiction)
blood vessel; blood relationship
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
mechanism; organization; organisation
neck; bottleneck; obstruction; neckline
stickiness; viscosity; tenacity; persistence
all sides; the four cardinal directions and the four ordinal directions; large hanging lantern
to give up as hopeless; to wash one's hands (of someone or something)
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
delicate; minute; fine; detailed; subtle
to be unable to do; to find something difficult to do
to not be worthy of the reputation (e.g. restaurant, Diet member, etc.); to not be worth the name; to not deserve to be called
plenary session; general meeting; plenum
repetitious; long-winded; heavy (taste); (overly) rich; gaudy (colour, design, etc.); loud
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
horizon (related to land)
answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising
to pour drinks for each other; to drink together
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
half asleep and half awake; trance; dream and reality
lately; recently; nowadays
quagmire; sludge; mud; slush; mire
to shave off; to scrape off
mainly; chiefly; primarily; for the most part
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
the ways of the world; human nature
dominion; territory; possession
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
like a part of the family
nothing but; nothing more than; nothing less than
comparatively; quite; rather
academic book; scholarly book; learned book; tome
technical book; specialized book; treatise
underlying cause; indirect cause; remote cause
to come fluttering in (e.g. leaves, snow, flowers, etc.); to come dancing in; to drop in unexpectedly; to happen unexpectedly