very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
heel (of foot, shoe, stocking, etc.)
to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
to collapse into; to flop onto
to fall on one's backside
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
in an instant; in a moment; immediately; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
dripping wet; soaked; drenched
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
something; some kind of; for some reason
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
living thing; organism; creature; biology
measurement round the hips
winding; meandering; zigzagging; zig-zag; in twists and turns; sinuously
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
container; receptacle; vessel; packaging
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
(state of) utter panic; great panic
to grow restive; to begin to act violently
(cute) suffix for familiar person; cute adjective form
hectic; topsy-turvy; chaotic
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about