(suffering) damage; injury; harm
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
pit of the stomach; solar plexus; place where water falls
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
buzz; hum; shake (with vigor); shaking
to shake one's head (in denial)
collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
what time; (lit.) which hour
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
to unfold; to unroll; to open
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
to burn; to scorch; to singe; to char
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
to look forward to something
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace
cumulonimbus; gigantic columns of clouds (in summer); thunderhead
rising (smoke, clouds, etc.); rolling up; billowing up
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
to name; to call; to christen; to term
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
notification; pre-1886 administrative order
coincident with; while; simultaneously
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
those (near the second person)
to flick off; to give (someone) the flick; to send (something) flying; to hit (a person); to knock down
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to prostrate oneself before
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
(medical) doctor; physician
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
future (usually near); prospects
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.