activation; invigoration; stimulation
standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to
things depend on how you use them; all things have their uses when they are used in the right way
universal medicine; cure-all; panacea
the hundredth year; out of luck; (at the) end of one's rope; rare chance; unusually good fortune
unlikely event; rare occurrence
after all; anyway; actually; well, ...; ... on earth (e.g. "what on earth?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
tarantula (common name for large spiders); European wolf spider (Lycosa tarentula)
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
Phillips head screwdriver
gold; gold coin; gold colour (color)
to compete; to bid; to sell at auction
hook; hook bracket (Japanese quotation mark)
poisonous; venomous; hateful; detestable; gaudy; garish
to be jealous; to be envious
flash of lightning; fire caused by lightning
by nature; naturally; by birth; innately; congenitally
check; restraint; oppression; suppression
the skin (of a human being); warmth of the skin; body warmth
to accept one's inferiority; to take one's hat off to someone; to give up; to surrender; to strike one's colors
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
I've got to be going; I must go
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
strongly hoping or requesting (of something that is difficult to be brought to fruition)
white; correction fluid; white-out
front and back; inside and outside; two sides; duplicity; double-dealing; being two-faced
purse with a metal clasp; handbag (with clasp); pouch (with clasp); coin purse (with clasp)
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond
plant and equipment; production equipment; productive capacity
derisory; negligible; minimal; nominal; imperceptible
bits and pieces; frizzily (as in perm)
to make one's name well known; to gain much fame