collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
prime minister; premier; chancellor
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
thunderous roar; roaring sound
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
dense (e.g. fog, dust, etc.); thick; vague (as in being unable to think clearly); dim
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
incident; affair; happening; event
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
hold; catch; connection; relationship; unease; discomfort
so; like this; in this way
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
to fly around; to scatter
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
nonchalantly; calmly; as if nothing happened
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
to be unreasonable; to whine; to throw a tantrum
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
while; during (the time when)
sad; wretched; deplorable