column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
to be cloying; to be sick and tired with; to be disgusted with; to stink
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
to strike (with a stick, whip, etc.); to hit; to punch; to go to (a place to eat, drink, etc.)
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
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 project; to protrude; to pop out (e.g. eyes); to jump out; to rush out
terrible; dreadful; tremendous; terrific; appalling; shocking
scream; shriek; shout; exclamation
to roar; to thunder; to become well known; to become famous; to pound (of one's heart); to throb
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
to call (someone) back; to recall; to call home; to bring back (memories, etc.); to recall; to revive
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
serious; grave; dignified; solemn
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
to speak; to say; to vocalize
thickness; profundity; depth; thickness; strong and tight group or wall of stones
wintry; very cold-looking (e.g. landscape); bleak (e.g. room, street); desolate; empty (of furnishings)
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
slowly and quietly; stealthily
dim light; faint light; half-light of early morning; twilight
(a person's) appearance; looks
to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
to steel oneself to; to brace oneself
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle
to come to meet (someone); to come to pick up
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
unselfish; selfless; disinterested
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
(breaking) with a snap (of a thread, string, etc.); (ending) suddenly (of a call, communications, etc.); piercing (e.g. with a needle); squashing (something small; e.g. an insect); breaking out (e.g. of a pimple)
to collapse; to flop (onto)
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
cherry tree; cherry blossom; light pink; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder