to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to press a tenant to leave; to evict
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
thunderous; rumbling; thunderously; rumblingly
step; stride; counter for steps
to stagger; to stumble; to totter; to misconduct oneself; to have a love affair; to waver
torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight
to rub out; to clean off; to clear away; to efface; to erase
to look through; to hold up to the light; to make an opening; to leave space; to fart without making a sound
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to wrinkle; to crinkle; to shrivel
jumping sideways; flying sideways; running hurriedly (with one's body bent forward)
the grass; grassy place (esp. with long dense grass)
glaring (eyes); piercing; penetrating
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)
flabbily; softly; limply; easily (bend); effortlessly; flexibly
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
instead; but (on the other hand)
loose (of clothing); baggy; flabby; saggy; sloshing; slopping
odious; hateful; detestable; (speaking ironically) darling
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
all over (the place); throughout; everywhere; every inch; every part; from head to toe
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic