to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
stone wall; dry wall; rocky cliff; stone precipice
dark brown; colour of tanned skin
to be hideously burned; to be burned raw
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
deterioration; degradation; drop in quality; becoming unattractive (because of aging)
edition; version; plate; block; editions of a publication
(cross) section (e.g. in a drawing); cutting plane
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain
stepping back; drawing back
to take seriously; to believe in; to fall for
spell (that restricts one's movements); binding spell
to bestow (esp. of a god); to grant
to surround; to encircle; to enclose
bomb blast; blast (from an explosion); shock wave
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
to ring an alarm bell; to sound a warning; to blow a whistle; to warn
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
birds and wild animals; wildlife
true character; real nature
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
to rain incessantly; to downpour
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
to have one's attention attracted (caught); to be preoccupied with
sudden drop; sharp fall; nosedive; swoop
grabbing hold; eagle grip; tight hold
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal