incineration; destruction by fire
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
to spill; to drop; to grumble (about); to complain (of); to let (one's feelings) show
Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure
whirlpool; maelstrom; vortex; spiral (shape, pattern)
to brush away; to sweep aside; to repel (e.g. enemy); to drive away; to rout
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
what proportion; what percentage
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
test (of ability, knowledge, etc.); exam; test (of performance, quality, etc.); trial; rehearsal
to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to discard (numbers after a certain decimal place); to drop; to cut (someone) down
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
sitting with one knee drawn up
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
clear; sonorous; full-sounding; resonant; bright
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
shudder; shiver; trembling with fear
because of; owing to; due to
round (table, collar, etc.); round; round; round (of a competition); round (of talks, esp. multilateral trade negotiations)
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
to be fated; to be linked by fate
to make merry; to be festive
behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness
shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream
to lie; to pretend; to feign; to deceive; to trick
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
seeing through; fluoroscopy; roentgenoscopy; clairvoyance; seeing through (objects)
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
cracking; splitting; ripping; crashing; creaking; groaning
to project; to stick out; to stand out