pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
to be interested in; to take an interest in; to care about
apprehensions; misgivings; uneasiness; anxiety; fear
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
isolated island; outlying island; leaving an island
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
path through forest; woodland path; logging road
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
interest; rights; concession
about; concerning; related to; -ish
red clay; tuff loam; dark-red paint
discharge; outward flow; efflux; leak of (private) information or pictures
devastating; catastrophic; crushing
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
curve; turn; curveball; curve ball; (wine) cellar
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
large amount of money; great cost
road construction; roadworks; road repairs
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
rainy; showery; inclement
every year; yearly; annually
burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture
each time it happens; at all such times
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
is something that; is that which
restoration; repair; mending
to complete decisively; to do to completion
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond
presentation; exhibit; suggest; citation
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
living thing; organism; creature; biology