sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
lightly; wide (open); gapingly; suddenly; unexpectedly
failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; reflection; image (in one's mind)
to be crushed; to be squashed; to go bankrupt; to go under; to be ruined (of a plan); to be cancelled; to be lost (of one's voice, eyesight, sense of smell, etc.)
like this; in this way; as you see
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity
to build; to construct; to put up; to build up (a fortune, reputation, enterprise, etc.); to establish (a relationship, system, etc.); to create
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
obstruction; prevention; hindrance; check; blocking; stopping
board chairman; managing director; chief director
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative; producing a negative from a positive
apathetic; indifferent; nonchalant; callous
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to enter one's ears (e.g. of water)
to make; to make (something) what it should be; to cause to be
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to do thoroughly; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
dead of night; shades of night; black of night
to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)
group; bunch; crowd; group
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
to dig up and expose (a secret, hidden crime, etc.)
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetence; ineffectiveness
to change (into); to turn (into); to transform (into); to influence
to offer; to present; to serve (food and drink); to offer (to the gods); to set up (before an altar)
older sister; elder sister
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
to destroy; to break (by striking); to smash; to ruin (a plan, atmosphere, etc.); to spoil; to wreck