to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
another thing; exception; special case
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
sense of urgency; feeling of high tension
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
row; line; company (of someone); group; sequence; counter for rows
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
rugged; scraggy; angular; gnarled
wild; violent; rough-mannered; rough (e.g. work); crude; coarse
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
wall of rock; rock cliff; rock face
snakelike; snaky; serpentine
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
group; bunch; crowd; group
considerably; fairly; quite
pathetic; sad; sorrowful; grievous
to stiffen; to become stiff
forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
fringe; rim; periphery; borders; outskirts
bare rock; rock surface; rock face
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)
it is not (like that) either
rocky area; rocky tract; rocky stretch (of a climb); wall (of rock)
interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding