rapid-service train; rapid train
to stop at a (train) station
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
to spend time (on doing something)
vigilantly (watching for an opportunity); eagerly; with an eagle eye
wild beast; wild animal; brute
base of the throat; bottom of the neck
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
to ripen; to mature; to be ready for action; to be the right time (to act); to be in common use; to come to sound natural
boarding (a train, bus, etc.); getting into (e.g. a taxi)
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
unable to move; dead in the water; completely helpless
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
both; both sides; both parties
to scatter away; to fly away; to blow away; to be removed without trace; to vanish
to clear up; to become cloudless
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
scenery; scene; landscape
to attack; to go for; to come at; to pounce on; to jump on; to swoop down on
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
calamity; misfortune; disaster
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
to attack a routed enemy; to sink the boot into; to pour salt on a wound
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
touch; contact; contact (with people); dealings; tangency
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
stirring; slight movement
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
exposed skin between top of knee-high socks and hemline of skirt
to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
wherein; therein; thereinto; among which
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
like this; this sort; this way
to pop off; to pop out; to fly off; to shoot off; to burst open
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...