reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
some; few; somewhat; to a certain extent; (arch.) many; (arch.) a lot
pitch dark; total darkness
moisture; humidity; dampness
to come off; to slip down; to slip off
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
running out of battery; battery depletion; going flat; loss of energy; depletion of stamina
artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
of all people; a person of ...'s standing
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
salty; calculating; stingy; scowling; grimacing; hoarse
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs
change for the better; improvement; looking better (than before)
direct unforked road; straight path
tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining
burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
no chance of; no way that; certainly not; will never happen
before God; as God is my witness; in the name of God
if you like; if you prefer; if it suits you; if ... doesn't suit you; if you don't like ...; if ... doesn't take your fancy
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; a kick
endless; boundless; everlasting
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
dead end; cul-de-sac; blind alley; end; end of the road; end point
branch road; branch path; fork road
branch road; forked road; branch; crossroads (of a course of events); turning point; parting of the ways
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy; depressing
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
bare rock; rock surface; rock face
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
murder; homicide; manslaughter
to break into fragments; to go to pieces
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
to carve into; to cut into; to engrave into; to inscribe
living thing; organism; creature; biology