cane; walking stick; staff; wand
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
to emit; to spout; to spurt; to boil over
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
lightly; easily; carelessly
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
spell; charm; incantation; magic word
dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine
to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
absorption; suction; attraction
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!
calm; composed; leisurely
intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
to tease; to make fun of; to ridicule; to mock; to play with (e.g. a toy); to fiddle with
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling
to rise; to erect; to get up
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
to run off; to break into a run; to start running
great difference; big difference; wide margin
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
dead end; cul-de-sac; blind alley; end; end of the road; end point
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish
unbearable; intolerable; unendurable
hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful