nongovernment organization (organisation); NGO
apparently; appears to be
leaving everything up to someone else
without thinking of the consequences
unique flavor (flavour); (degree of) flavouring; distinctive quality; special charm
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
to moisten; to wet; to profit; to enrich; to benefit
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
guidepost; signpost; guide; manual; tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica)
to yearn for; to be in love with
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
goodbye; so long; saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; farewell (performance, party, etc.); final
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
modern; current; contemporary; trendy; latest; up-to-date
I agree with you; it is as (someone) says
to settle down; to stay (for good); to stay long; to stay on
eyesore; unpleasant sight; obstructing a view
relaxation; recreation; recess
capture; seizure; military capture of a foreign vessel; making a prize of
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
wink of sleep; snooze; doze; nap
leaving a restaurant without paying; dine and dash; bilking
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
prison; jail; gaol; firm; solid; strong
to throw into; to toss into
to take shape; to look good enough to be shown publicly
lightning; thunder; thunderbolt
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
outskirts (of a town); run-down district
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamour
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
gentlemanly; well-mannered; well-bred; gentlemanlike
stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing
race (of people); type of person
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in