moisturizing; maintenance of humidity
making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold
crack; fissure; rift; split; chaps; skin fissure
flight from one's country; seeking asylum; defection; emigration (for political reasons); (going into) exile; becoming a (political) refugee
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
lately; recently; nowadays
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
job transfer away from one's home; taking up a new post leaving one's family behind
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
to be found; to be discovered
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
to dry up; to scab; to be poisoned (with lacquer); (arch.) to waste away
suicide by drowning; drowning oneself; entering the water; hitting the water
to be prolonged; to drag on
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
although I say; although one might say; although called
elephant (Elephantidae spp.)
last resort; desperate measure taken under pressure of necessity
oppression; tyranny; despotism
oppression; suppression; pressure
emotional care; emotional support; caring for somebody's mental well-being
not all bad; not as dissatisfied (or annoyed) as one would have others believe
tendency; trend; inclination
wharf; bridge; jetty; pier
root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence
cracking; splitting; ripping; crashing; creaking; groaning
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
drifting; drift; being adrift
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
scraps of seaweed; death at sea (metaphor)
lightly (floating); buoyantly; puffing (on a pipe, cigarette, etc.); tooting (a trumpet, horn, etc.); blowing (a flute, whistle)