beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
burden; load (e.g. CPU time, electricity, etc.)
voice; speech; sound of a voice; sound (e.g. of a TV)
state of emergency; emergency; crisis
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption
My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
headset (for phones, etc.)
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
signal; signalling; signaling; traffic light; traffic signal
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
instability; insecurity; crankiness
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)
lack; deficiency; vacancy; absence; non-attendance
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
wavy form; ripply shape; waveform
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full
broken; intermittent; disconnected
metallic sound; metallic clank
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
incessant; constant; continuous; perpetual; everlasting
pace; tempo; slow and fast; in case of emergency
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
to pick up; to find; to gather
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)