task; (doing a) bit of work; difficult task; hard work
to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated
unbearable; intolerable; insufferable
(on) land; ground; shore; track and field; athletics
to form a group; to form a bunch
a bit better than; not much more than; not much different from
earless seal (Phocidae); true seal; seal
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
to fill in a hole; to plug a gap (money, personnel, etc.); to make up for a deficiency; to cover a deficit
to live; to make a living; to get on with
5th day of the month; five days
(unpleasant) state of affairs; predicament; mess
7th day of the month; seven days
8th day of the month; eight days
moving; relocation; change of address; transfer (of deeds, property, etc.); demise
to spread its roots (of a tree, etc.); to take root (of an ideology, etc.); to put down roots; to settle down (in a place)
fall of a castle; surrender of a castle; giving up (on something); giving in (to persuasion); yielding
no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine
ultimate weapon; one's final trump card
to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
to harden one's heart; to steel oneself; to be ruthless; to become "it" (in hide-and-seek, etc.)
increase in speed; acceleration
pert; tomboyish; impudent; (arch.) gallant; (arch.) chivalrous
yelp; yap; yipe; kiang (Equus kiang); kyang
to have no chance (of succeeding)
model; miniature; sample; specimen; prescribed form
(large) compilation; culmination (of hard work)
liquefaction; fluidification
thud thud (esp. footsteps); clump clump
that's got nothing to do with me; that's none of my business; that doesn't involve me
often; frequently; lightly (of a movement); easily; simply
ectogenesis; outside the body
self-destruct system; automatic detonator; self-detonating device
embarkation; boarding (a ship or aircraft)
skull (esp. weatherbeaten, used as symbol of death); death's head; cranium
main battery; main armament; best hitter; center of the offense
be (that) as it may; having said that