something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
fireball; bolide; fireball
instability; insecurity; crankiness
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
balloon (esp. small, toy variety); airship; blimp
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
until now; so far; up to the present
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
to rush over; to run up to
to shout (in anger); to yell
even more; still more; further
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
to face; to go towards; to head towards
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
thunderous; rumbling; thunderously; rumblingly
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake