to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
trusting too much; overestimating ability
guess; conjecture; surmise
subordinate; underling; henchman; minion
to pin down; to immobilize; to immobilise; to control; to suppress
practice; practising; experience
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable
to wag one's tail; to flatter; to butter up; to fawn (on)
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
proper; respectable; decent; honest
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
to pluck off (esp. by twisting); to pick; to break off; to wrest (away from); to wrench free; to snatch (away)
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
unable to speak; inarticulate; mute; speechless; tongue-tied
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
tranquil; calm; quiet; peaceful
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
to step firmly; to harden by treading
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
leg strength; walking ability; running ability
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing