audience; attendance; hearers
lack; absence; shortage; deficiency; privation
uncharacteristic; unbefitting; unworthy (of)
self-control; self-restraint
(kicking and) struggling; wriggling; floundering; to get into a panic; to make a fuss; to make a scene
true seal (animal); earless seal
life-size; life-sized; true-to-life; faithful (depiction); realistic
to cross the ocean (i.e. to go to or come from overseas)
to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)
to pin down; to immobilize; to immobilise; to control; to suppress
hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
to cut by abrasion; to cut by rubbing; to use up (all one's money)
to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively
modesty; humility; being humble
to fling; to throw off (clothes); to kick off (boots)
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into
to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
to take care of; to bring up under one's personal care; to kill with one's own hands; to do personally; to handle (e.g. a job); to request that someone deal with (something)
sharp sighted; easily awakened
to give up (a plan or idea); to desist from (doing)
withdrawal; revocation; repeal; demolition; removal
many; a lot; much; multitude
loitering; roaming; sauntering; wandering about; prowling
carriage; poise; bearing; demeanor; movement (of the body)
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
board (across a ditch, etc.); step; tread; pedal (of an organ, etc.); treadle
startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch
directly opposite; right in front; middle of the forehead; helmet front
safety; welfare; well-being
dumbfounded; in mute amazement