fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
to pick up; to find; to gather
sound source; sound generator; tone generator
speaking voice; talking voice
to shout with exultation; to shout for joy
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
every person; each one; everybody
considerably; fairly; quite
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
labyrinth; maze; mystery; dungeon
suddenly; all of a sudden; abruptly
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
to recognize by sound (recognise); to identify by sound; to understand; to be reasonable
simplicity; convenience; easiness; quasi-
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
(balance) scales; shoulder carrying pole; steelyard
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
bedpan; chamber pot; potty; (arch.) baby tiger
particular; special; (not) particularly; (not) especially
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
desperation; self-abandonment
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place