class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
large quantity; large amount
avalanche of earth and rocks
extensive; vast range; wide scope
viewing as hopeless; feeling that all is lost
difficult voyage; hard flight; rough going; rough passage; running into trouble
outline; summary; gist; roughly; about; nearly
portrait photo; mug shot; face shot; photograph of a person's face
insertion; incorporation; infixing
remote place; backcountry; the sticks; hinterland
to project; to protrude; to pop out (e.g. eyes); to jump out; to rush out
cheekbones; zygomatic bone; malar bone
to be lifted up; to be hung up; to twitch upwards; to turn upward; to slant upward
outer canthus; outer corner of the eye
mole; lentigo; beauty spot
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
this world; this life; world of the living
man; male; masculine gender
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
to continue to rain or snow
telop; television opaque projector; device used to broadcast onscreen text (e.g. subtitles, captions); onscreen text and images (e.g. subtitles, captions, scrolling tickers, logos)
hard-liners; diehards; (young) man with traditionally masculine interests; tough boy; hard news; reporter who covers political and economic affairs
all but dead; half killed
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
red clay; tuff loam; dark-red paint
mountain's surface; bare surface of a mountain
being buried; remaining unknown; being forgotten; being absorbed (e.g. in research); being immersed
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
diagnosis; medical examination
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
presumption; assumption; estimation