stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
alarm bell; fire bell; warning; wake-up call
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
to entice; to tempt; to invite someone to join in
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
extermination; annihilation
to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
reverse movement; retrogression; going backwards; retrogradation; retrogression
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
being too late; losing one's final chance
(fish) climbing (swimming) up waterfall
waterfall from a high place
flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
a short while ago; already
cannot be compared with; no match for
billow; surge; large wave
center; centre; metropolis
close to the wall; alongside the wall
surging waves; raging billows; turbulent; tempestuous; tumultuous
undulation; winding; meandering; swell (of waves); surge; billow
scraps of seaweed; death at sea (metaphor)
to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
clear; precise; definite; distinct
to knock (a person) off his feet; to hit (something) hard; to send (someone) flying
to smoke (e.g. fire); to billow smoke; to smoulder; to be hazy; to look dim
(opening of) a wound; (mouth of a) wound; cut
to attack a routed enemy; to sink the boot into; to pour salt on a wound
fast approach; quick intimacy