worry; fear; anxiety; concern
to take on a role; to take part
science; learning; scholarship; arts and sciences; academic pursuits
easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic
excessive or unjustifiable self-defense (defence)
calamity; disaster; catastrophe
real experience; actual observations
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
talk (of the town); rumour; rumor; gossip
beyond imagination; unimaginable
massive earthquake; megaquake
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture
popular will; will of the people
(religious) faith; belief; creed
being in dire distress; being hard put to it; the four and eight kinds of suffering
crisis response; emergency response
licensed or qualified or eligible person
right (to do something); authority; power
(not) by any means; (not) for anything; wouldn't do for anything; had enough; flatly refusing
immediate, direct response
advice; counsel; remonstrance; recommendation
ability to get things done
deviation; departure; omission
military force; military strength
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
evil spirits of rivers and mountains
rampancy; prevalence; domination
focus (e.g. photographic); focal point
writing; composition; essay; sentence
this; our; the ... in question; right; justice; fairness
heeding; paying attention; bearing in mind
eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes; skin round one's eyes
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
that kind; competition; match
hibernation; winter sleep; torpor
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
financial world; business circles