sudden fall; sharp fall; sudden drop; sharp drop
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
unfeeling; heartless; cold-hearted; cruel
manufactured goods; finished goods; product
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
sunlight filtering through trees
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
all manner of (verbal) abuse; all kinds of names; abusive language; torrent of abuse; stream of insults
to unfold; to unroll; to open
to stop talking; to be silent
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
odds and ends; all; every
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
notice; attention; observation
to gather; to collect; to assemble
to be damaged; to receive damage
to say; to tell; to state; to do
suddenly; abruptly; deliberately; slowly; gently
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
business rival; professional jealousy
laughing at an inappropriate time; not being able to hold back one's laughter; scornful laughter; snicker; snigger
(more than) enough; too much; bitterly; extremely; keenly
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
to be noisy (e.g. from people talking); to be discomposed (e.g. feelings)
at once; there and then; immediately
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
revisiting; visiting again