sightseeing spot; tourist attraction
changing completely; transformation
to fail; to slip up; to make a botch job (of)
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
twilight; sunset; dusk; evening
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
absolutely; definitely; unconditionally
person sought by the police; wanted person; fugitive from justice
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
to do one good; to be beneficial; to be good for the body or mind; to put oneself in the place of ...; to put oneself in (someone's) shoes
surrender (to the authorities); giving oneself up; turning oneself in
contract; compact; agreement
evolution; evolution; becoming more advanced; progress
filling; packing; stuffing; filling; (dental) filling
to feel dizzy; to have blood rush to one's head; to lose one's cool; to be obsessed; to be infatuated; to become conceited
individual; private person; personal; natural person
mass communication; mass media
guess; speculation; supposition
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
whichever one chooses; either way
greeting the New Year (on New Year's Eve); welcoming the New Year
miserable; pitiful; tragic; painstaking
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
mammoth (esp. the woolly mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius); gigantic; huge; enormous
to model (something) on; to be modelled on; to be made in the shape of; to symbolize; to represent
smart-alecky; clever-clever; cheeky; cunning; crafty; shrewd
to wait for a favorable chance; to wait for a favourable chance
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
like everyone else; like most people; like an ordinary person; as much as anyone else
polar bear (Ursus maritimus)
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
with a bang; with a bam; with a wham
greenhouse; icehouse; cellar
distortion; stretch; strained interpretation; technicality; casuistry; sophistry
pent-up resentment; grudges and hard feelings
lesson; precept; teachings; moral
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)