downpour; pouring rain; heavy rain; pelting rain; cloudburst
forgery; falsification; fabrication; counterfeiting
to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance
to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout
to have an idea; to have a clue
information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing
to show; to bare (the teeth)
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
alumnus (alumnae); graduate; former member of an organization; former inhabitant (country, region, etc.)
expertise; special knowledge; technical knowledge; expert knowledge
infancy; childhood; tender age
adult (esp. person 20 years old or over); grownup; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
firefight; gun battle; shoot-out
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
freckles; buckwheat chaff
tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
uneasy feeling; sense of anxiety; malaise
co-op; (consumers') cooperative
to say; to be called; to do
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay
several people; a few people
pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad
to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)
validity; verification; propriety
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little