grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit
state of emergency; emergency; crisis
audacious; daring; bold; throaty (voice); rough; deep
greater than ...; bigger ...
Felidae (family comprising the cats)
firmly; solidly; sturdily; strongly; toughly
piling up high (food in a bowl); filling (a bowl); heaped bowl
glaring; flaming; fiery; blazing
tradition; legend; folklore
to pat (e.g. dog); to rub; to stroke; to fondle
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah
light; easy; non-serious; minor
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
to straddle; to sit astride; to mount; to extend over; to spread over; to span
hegemony; leadership; initiative
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
thereupon; shortly thereafter
thunderous; rumbling; thunderously; rumblingly
sound of the wind; voice of the wind
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
supple; flexible; elastic; graceful; elegant; refined
being about to cry; the verge of tears
to use up all one's strength
pawn (chess piece); boing; sproing (e.g. sound of releasing a spring); flipping through the air; tossing
to reduce (one's) speed; to slow down (driving, cycling, etc.)
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
lightly; easily; carelessly
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
hectic; topsy-turvy; chaotic
quite clearly; quite distinctly; perfectly; exactly
outbreak of an illness; onset of an illness; appearance of symptoms
light and shade; shade (of colour, color); depth (of flavor); complexity; strength and weakness (of flavor)