cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
adult; grown-up; person who has come of age; fully fledged; established; qualified
poor health; ill health; unhealthy
to hinder; to obstruct; to disrupt; to interfere with; to cause a delay
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
wiping out; sweeping away; eradicating; dispelling
needless fear; groundless apprehension; unfounded worry
practical business; practical work experience; practicum; practice
festival merrymaking; revelry
tomorrow is another day; there's always tomorrow
hearsay; learning by hearsay
confections; sweets; candy; cake
on the sea; surface of the sea
rhizome; rootstalk; rootstock
agglomerate (e.g. of cells, molecules, etc.); aggregation; mass; cluster
process; operation; stage of a process; progress of work
every (usu. with events, e.g. every weekend); each
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
maar (broad, shallow volcanic crater); marc (brandy distilled from pomace wine); marl (unconsolidated lime-rich rock)
uninhabited island; desert island
freckles; buckwheat chaff
to give a command (e.g. in a loud voice); to give an order
to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off
congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly
location (of something); whereabouts; hiding place
executive functioning; function execution
to penetrate; to pervade; to spread
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)