sound judgment; sane decision; act performed with a clear mind
contrary to one's expectations
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal
continuance; survival; persistence; retention; duration
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
7th day of the month; seven days
substantiation; materialization; materialisation; (specific to object language classes) instantiation
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
rising up (of smoke, clouds, etc.); towering; plump; chubby; welling up (of an emotion); boiling up
featureless (face); expressionless; flat; flat (terrain); smooth
bellows (of an accordion, camera, etc.); cornice; rickrack; ricrac; pleated shape; accordion pleats
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
your will; your pleasure; your wish; certainly; as you say; you are quite right
change; transformation; reform; revolution; revolutionizing; innovation
to continue to hold; to hold on to (for a long period); to maintain; to keep
duty; function; office; mission; task; role
to live up to (one's) expectations; to meet expectations
to be knotty (of a tree, etc.); to be gnarled; to be rough and bony (hands, fingers, etc.); to be gnarled; to be knobby
focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving
cracks or fissures in the ground
to choke; to be choked (by); to sob convulsively
to slip through (a crowd); to weave through (e.g. traffic); to pass through; to get around; to elude (e.g. the law); to evade
covered in mud; mud-caked
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
peacefully (sleeping); quietly; soundly
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
to wring the neck; to strangle
to fret (esp. of a young child); to be fretful; to be peevish
benefactor; patron; person to whom one owes a great deal; person to whom one is (deeply) indebted
impossible to understand; impossible to decipher
obstruction; hindrance; blocking; disturbance; interference; interruption