village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
crunch crunch; thud thud; tramp tramp
planet; dark horse; surprise contender
alien (from another planet)
hygienic; healthy; healthful; sanitary
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
secondary residence; vacation home; villa
untidy (room, pile, etc.); messy; cluttered; disorderly; jumbled (e.g. thoughts); chaotic (lifestyle, atmosphere, etc.)
looking or acting as if one owned the place
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
encroachment; invasion; erosion (e.g. of market share, rights); erosion; corrosion
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
insufficient; inadequate; imperfect
to be boisterously noisy; to do merrily (laughing, chattering, etc.); to shimmer; to ripple; to sparkle
imbalance; disproportion; disparity; mismatch; asymmetry
departed spirit; soul of the dead; ghost; apparition
generally; on the whole; general; rough; outline; main points
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
to lure (someone) out; to lure away; to decoy out
to threaten; to intimidate; to be threatening
it hasn't been long since
personal grudge; personal enmity
completely; entirely; absolutely; not at all; not in the least
being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); responding to kindness with resentment; thinking ill of someone who meant to be kind; unjustified resentment; unreasonable grudge
protective headgear (for sports, etc.); face shield
to cave in; to become depressed; to sink
mistaking one person for another; (case of) mistaken identity
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
careful; thorough; meticulous; scrupulous
antipodes; other (opposite) extreme; opposite; antithesis
fair; impartial; just; fairness; impartiality; justice
to dig one's own grave; to bring calamity upon oneself; to make a rod for one's own back
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat
to blame; to find fault with
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
to cry out in one's sleep (e.g. from having a nightmare); to moan (in anguish) in one's sleep
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do