eccentricity; eccentric behaviour
to be perturbed; to be agitated
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
Ms; Miss; Madame; highbrow (woman); cerebral
wind and waves; strife; discord; dissension
(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)
to be greatly obliged; to be very sorry
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
to fall below (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to be less than; to be lower than; to fall just short of; to be just under
turning round (a ship); changing course; veering
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
so what?; what of it?; and?; why do you ask?
to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
featureless (face); expressionless; flat; flat (terrain); smooth
family grave; ancestral grave; tomb
bottomless; unlimited; immeasurable; inexhaustible
tunnel; (mining) gallery; level; shaft; pit
living thing; organism; creature; biology
worship; adoration; admiration; cult
indeterminate form; undefined; indefinite; unstructured
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
large crowd; mass of people
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
peace (of mind); tranquility; tranquillity; serenity
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
ocean; large sea; fabric pattern
being dotted with; being scattered
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
to crawl towards; to creep up to
healing; soothing; therapy; comfort; solace