adverse circumstances; adversity
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
minuscule amount; extremely small quantity
gradually becoming poor; situation getting gradually worse and worse
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
responsiveness; responding; divine response (e.g. to a prayer); divine inspiration; induction (electromagnetism); inducing
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation (photography); fixing
same quality; same nature; homogeneous
to extend (e.g. a house); to add to (e.g. coals to a fire)
force (bulldoze) one's way through
direction of movement (motion); direction of travel (esp. train)
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
bodily; with all one's weight; with one's whole body
feudal lord; (arch.) mansion; (arch.) palace
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
within expectations; as expected; within the scope of hypothesis or assumption
regular; normal; formal; legal; established; legitimate
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
fuel consumption; gas mileage
immediate reply; quick answer; ready agreement
solid body; three-dimensional object; multi-storey car park
to assemble; to set up; to construct
ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
let sleeping dogs lie; wake not a sleeping lion; (lit.) the spirit you do not approach will not curse you
to crowd; to flock; to swarm
slaughter (of animals for meat); butchery
to trample down; to devastate
to stand, walk, etc. shoulder-to-shoulder; to be on a par with
logical connection; chain of reasoning; coherence; blood vessel
to have a lot on one's shoulders; to bear a lot of responsibility
positive (e.g. thinking); positive (photography); positive (electrical polarity)
duty; function; office; mission; task
several (objects, usu. from two to six)
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
with a bang; with a crash; with a bump; suddenly (fall); sharply
to shake; to tremble; to sway; to be unsettled; to be unstable; to fluctuate
turning sideways; landscape orientation
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical