to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
unprecedented; unheard-of; record-breaking
steel frame; steel beam; steel girder
to jar; to creak; to grate
to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); to cower; to shrink in on oneself
announcement (esp. over public-address system); official announcement; formal information release
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement
coming to an embassy, theatre, library, etc.
this; our; the ... in question; right; justice; fairness
disaster preparedness; prevention of damage resulting from a natural disaster; protection against disaster
(instruction) manual; operations manual; basic rules (pertaining to how a job should be carried out); (car with) manual transmission
business; trade; operations; sales
in respect of; in regards to; as for
guard; security (officer); guardsman
in accordance with; according to
grinder; grinding machine
to rub in; to smear on; to spread on; to lay the blame on
to break; to tear; to pierce; to split; to burst
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
to clear up; to become cloudless; to be refreshed
(sound of an) explosion or detonation; roar (of a machine)
to be crushed; to be squashed (flat); to be discouraged
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
right beside; close to; nearby
clerk at the information desk
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
no matter how much time passes
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral