shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
panic; scare; alarm; panic; financial panic
to cause; to induce; to bring about a result or state; to produce
empty air; sky; shunyata; emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
to open wide (doors, windows, etc.); to fling open
one's eyes; (pair of) eyes
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
to throw (strongly, violently, etc.)
not having enough workers; being understaffed; being undermanned; having nothing one can do about something; having no options
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
bonnet; (car) hood; bonnet (hat)
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
to trample; to crush underfoot
cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence
almost; very nearly; only just; barely; just in time
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
metre; meter; meter; gauge
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
to burst open; to pop; to split
body; trunk; torso; hull (boat); fuselage (aircraft)
unperturbed; undaunted; retaining composure; unyielding; not giving an inch
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there