withdrawal (e.g. from an organization); secession; leaving; pulling out
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
pit viper (esp. the mamushi, Gloydius blomhoffi)
contemptuous; disdainful; scornful
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
freighter (vessel); cargo ship
running aground; being stranded; grounding; beaching
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
raging waves; stormy seas; hardships; troubles; adversities
adventurous; risky; hazardous; perilous
one's way back; one's way home
transcendence; excellence; superiority
to teach thoroughly; to instill (into); to instil; to inculcate; to drum (into); to drill (into)
to get tired out; to be exhausted
late at night; at a late hour
to strain; to stretch; to string up; to cover over (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.)
dial (e.g. telephone, radio, clock, gauge)
contribution (e.g. to newspaper)
improvement (to a piece of writing or painting); revision; correction; touching up
(special) correspondent (e.g. for a newspaper); representative; delegate