feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
shock (emotional); shock (physical); impact; crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; (circulatory) shock
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
river; stream; River; the ... river
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
to drain; to pour; to float (e.g. logs down a river); to set adrift; to wash away; to carry away; to broadcast
to yield oneself (to something); to devote oneself (to something); to surrender oneself (to something)
fall; drop; descent; coming down
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
a little bit; a little while
to encourage; to cheer on; to cheer (someone) up; to raise (one's voice)
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
in that way; like that; that way
consequence; outcome; result; blame; fault
pinch; tough spot; bind; clothespin; clothes peg
to look down on; to condescend
another place; some other place; another (person or thing); other; beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.); outside
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
clanging (of a bell); jangling; ding-dong; continuously; incessantly; one after another
iron wall; impregnable fortress; impregnable; invulnerable; unassailable
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
fighter (for); militant; champion (of); boxer
earth; ground; the solid earth; the (vast) land
to cut up; to split open; to rip to pieces; to tear to pieces
flash (of light); glint; swift strike; quick decisive move
the blue sea; blue waters
without; unacceptable; not alright; (arch.) nonexistent; (arch.) not being (there)
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.); appearance (on the scene); arrival (on the market); emergence
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
as (for); for; in the capacity of
space; room; unused land; room (for reconsideration, doubt, etc.); leeway; margin
tsk; tut; shoot; chirp; tweet
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)