close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)
to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance
victory; triumph; win; conquest; success
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
gap; opening; break; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
calm; composed; leisurely
on a stage; on a platform; on an altar
glaring at; scowling at; looking contemptuously at; frowning down upon; domineering with a coercive look
perfect; complete; flawless
to know; to understand; to (understand and) accept (a responsibility); to have a knowledge of (a skill, art, etc.); to have a command of
to tangle; to get tangled; to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.); to trip over; to become complicated; to become difficult
in an instant; in a moment; immediately; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
action; operation; process; agency; effect; function
banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; giving up; throwing one's hands up
fall; falling down; inversion; reversal; getting upset; losing one's presence of mind
description; expression (in words); qualification (e.g. of a noun with an adjective); form; figure; appearance
imitative sound (in film, theatre, etc.); sound effect
foul play; cheating; cunning person; sly fellow; cheat
all over; filled in; complete; total; clichéd; hackneyed; plaintext
pleasant sound; pleasing sound; crack (of a baseball bat); (pleasant) roar (of an engine)
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
stillness; silence; quiet; hush; calm; serenity
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
to whirl; to eddy; to swirl; to whirl around (of feelings, thoughts, etc.); to swirl around; to surge
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly; actually
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
instability; insecurity; crankiness
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled (of an arrangement, conclusion, etc.)
to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself
dignity; majesty; solemnity; gravity
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
spoiled; spoilt; ruined; wasted (chance, etc.); messed up; destroyed
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another