severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair
to crunch; to masticate; to simplify; to explain plainly
interruption; interference; butting in
long and large; tall and large; grand; huge
quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off
returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate
rumbling; (ringing) cadence
from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
cutting in line; queue jumping
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
living thing; organism; creature; biology
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
calamity; misfortune; disaster
tyranny; abuse of power; violence (e.g. of a storm)
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
source of river; fountainhead
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
any moment now; any minute now; as soon as possible; right away
taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape; seeking safe haven
floating; drifting; suspension; (arch.) wandering (about)
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
resemblance; similarity; likeness; analogy
helping hand; help; support; aid
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
wherein; therein; thereinto
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to etch (name, etc.); to carve (design)
plunging to one's death; death from a fall
close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)
to take measures; to work out a plan; to lecture; to read aloud; to confer
in turns; in series; in number order; by rotation