isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
contrived; false-sounding
idle gossip; foolish talk; yarn
what kind of thing; anything (else); nothing (but)
I told you so; you see that?
devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
to be overcome with emotion
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
scholar; academic; scientist; learned person; person of learning
(measuring) scale; rule; scale; scope; (musical) scale; weighing scale
dizzily; giddily; spinning; boiling up
first person to say something; first person to suggest something; person who raised a matter
mystery; mysteriousness; secret
spiritual realm of humanity
to make a mistake; to blunder
greeting the New Year (on New Year's Eve); welcoming the New Year
to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)
in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se
surplus; remainder; residue; margin; balance
the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was
presentation (of a passport, ID, etc.); showing; production (e.g. of documents); presentation (of a plan, response, etc.); bringing up; citing (an example)
limitation; restriction; condition; constraints
unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history
ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance
incessant; constant; continuous; perpetual; everlasting
sea breeze; salty wind; briny air
salty; calculating; stingy; scowling; grimacing; hoarse
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
basic mistake; careless mistake
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
inland sea; inlet; gulf; (arch.) lake
to dye; to colour; to color
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. of a joke)
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
swimming in the ocean; sea bathing; seawater bath; going for a dip in the ocean
weather; fair weather; fine weather
once and for all; completely; spotlessly
to not believe one's ears
whiz (e.g. projectile through air); swoosh; whoosh; whistling sound
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
multicolored; multicoloured; of various colors; diverse; of all kinds; all manners of
bathing suit; swimsuit; swimmers