giant tsunami; giant tidal wave
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
divination; fortune-telling; mantic
cowardice; timidity; bashfulness
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
raid; military attack by a mobile unit; hit-and-run attack; shortstop; short
armed forces; military; troops
deployment; disposition; posting; stationing
to question again; to repeat a question (esp. a problematic point, or to verify understanding); to repeat a query
cesspool; sink; manure sink
on the left as one faces (it)
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
distilled liquor; spirits
pure; undiluted; raw; crude
outskirts (of a town); run-down district
cheap article; poor quality article
back country; remote countryside
unintentionally; inadvertently; calmly; casually; nonchalantly; innocently
180 degrees; complete change
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
funny story; funny anecdote
small hill; low hill; hillock
elopement; running away with a lover
to suck up; to pump up; to siphon off (profits, etc.); to exploit; to take up others' opinions, hopes, etc.
seedbed; nursery; seed-plot
to breathe one's last; to pass away; to die; to expire
basin (e.g. between mountains)