preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
light (e.g. colour, color)
trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
to yell out loud; to shout loudly; to cry aloud; to scream loudly
to churn up; to strike up; to throw up; to tip up; to flip up
double-edged; double-edged blade
torrential rain; heavy rain; cloudburst; downpour
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
way; method; means; (technical) specification
calm, cool, and collected; level and calm
head; brains; intellect; understanding
to forget oneself; to lose control of oneself
within; inside of; less than
incomparable; cannot compare (with); beyond comparison; in another league
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
completely; entirely; all; in large amounts; a lot
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
head start; initiative; preemption
minute adjustment; fine tuning
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
strike (i.e. industrial action)
thunder; thunderclap; crash of thunder
to raise oneself up to one's full height; to strike a daunting pose
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
dumbfounded; in mute amazement
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)
composition; synthesis; composite photo; (function) composition
how; in what way; I wonder
hoe-shaped helmet crest; stag beetle
stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing