(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
somehow; for some reason or other
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
reopening; resumption; restarting
fall; drop; descent; coming down
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
breaking off; snapping off
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
to recover consciousness; to come to
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
the other day; a few days ago
thunder; thunderclap; crash of thunder
accession to the throne; enthronement
structural alteration (of a building); reconstruction; rebuilding; remodelling; remodeling
waves that remain after the wind has subsided; after-effect; aftermath
opportunity; chance; trigger; cause
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
river; stream; River; the ... river
to be gouged; to be hollowed; to become hollow
to dam up; to hold back; to keep back; to stem (an activity); to check (e.g. progress)
counter for waves (of a repeated occurrence)
to collect; to assemble; to gather
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
receiving (a message, letter, email, etc.); reception (radio, TV, etc.)
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
expedition; (military) campaign; tour (by a sports team, performer, etc.); visit
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
retainer; subject; vassal; servant
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
to attack; to assault; to assail
taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)