I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
analysis; analytical study; parsing; parse
deep sea; depths of the sea; ocean depths
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
grandfather; male senior-citizen
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up; to dampen
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
to fly around; to scatter
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
the whole town; all over the town; throughout the town
to sprout; to put forth buds
rampaging; raging violently; going berserk
to bud; to sprout; to germinate; to have luck on one's side; to get lucky
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
we have a result!; game over!; match!
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
even if not; even without
to talk; to discuss; to debate; to negotiate
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
sightseeing; watching; viewing; sightseer; watcher; spectator
near oneself; close to one; familiar
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
unreasonably stubborn; not knowing when to give up