respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
lower layer; layer beneath; lower strata (classes)
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality
bare rock; rock surface; rock face
historic ruins (remains, relics); archeological site
maze; labyrinth; inner ear
upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys); upper layer; layer above
bloodsucking; sucking blood
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together
to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
colouring; coloring; shade (of colour); flavour; nuance; feel
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
boss; leader; head; boss (difficult enemy, usu. at the end of a section or level)
(piece of) rope; ordinary method
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
usually; under usual circumstances
to need; to demand; to take; to require
seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading
presentation; exhibit; suggest; citation
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
taking on (a challenge); attempt; try; tackling; challenging (someone to a contest)
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
one or two sizes (bigger, etc.); one or two levels (better, more mature, etc.)