echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest
suitable age (esp. for marriage); marriageable age
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
to extend; to expand; to spread out
to dam up; to hold back; to keep back; to stem (an activity); to check (e.g. progress)
to let something (or somebody) go past; to do too much
to insert; to put between; to tuck (e.g. fabric into a gap)
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
wistful; desirous of; hungry-looking; greedy-looking
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
to get the hang of; to learn the secret to
scrubbing hard; scrubbing clean
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
greed; avarice; covetousness; greedy person
pseudo; quasi; false; suspected (case, e.g. of disease)
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
cannot be compared with; no match for
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated
bumpy (e.g. of a rash); knobbly; pimply; easily cut
gene; fanzine; zine; jeans
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
dead end; cul-de-sac; blind alley; end; end of the road; end point
anal; anal sex; anal intercourse; anus
rough (touch, voice, etc.); coarse; gritty; rattling (of beans, beads, etc.)