to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
un-; non-; negative prefix
to gaze out at; to look out over
gooseflesh; goose pimples; goose bumps
Chinese matrimony vine (Lycium chinense); Chinese wolfberry; goji
to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
to rub on; to rub against; to wipe on; to lay the blame on
this is why; this means; it is the case that
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
interruption; interference; butting in
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
to be reasonable; to stand to reason; to be logical; to hold water
coming to nothing; bubble on the surface of water; something that is short-lived
to think of; to come up with
fault; weakness; flaw; crux (of a matter); difficult point; point of contention
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
pretension; conceit; hubris
to revere; to respect; to worship
to offer; to present; to set someone up in a high position; to revere at a distance; to do respectfully
to be a point of honor; to affect someone's good name
modern person; people of today
illusion; fallacy; delusion
to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade
pastor; minister; clergyman; reverend
illuminated sign spelling out news items
erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
spirit of a dead person; ghost; departed soul
because; the reason why is
protection; advocacy; support; to protect (e.g. rights, etc.); to advocate (e.g. free trade, etc.); to support
to be beside oneself; to lose one's head; to go mad with something
state of complete self-effacement; trance
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)