mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
cluster of trees; grove; thicket
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
study; pursuit of knowledge
no exception; without exception; always the same
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious
scene; view; prospect; outlook
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
suddenly; all of a sudden
absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)
too much; excessively; too
beyond imagination; unimaginable
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
Satan; the Devil; the Prince of Darkness; king of the demons who try to prevent people from doing good
at least; at most; (even) just
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
rather; better; instead; if anything
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
to take another good look at; to reconsider; to analyze; to reexamine