to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
unknown; obscure; insignificant
number of (large) animals
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
to concentrate; to devote; to apply; to strain; to rack
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of
action; behavior; behaviour; (arch.) recommendation (of a person for a position)
kind; cordial; hospitable; serious (of an illness)
nothing but; none other than
father and mother; parents
quarrel; dispute; argument
estrangement; alienation; disaffection
imminent danger; threatened ruin
to be on the verge of; to be about to; to be on the point of
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
thunder; thunderclap; crash of thunder
irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going
to eat (fodder, grass, etc.); to receive (a salary); to receive a stipend from one's lord
to flush out (game, etc.); to drive (animals); to beat; to urge; to spur on; to push on
to comfort; to console; to amuse
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
moron; idiot; stupid person
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
to be injured; to sustain a wound
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise