to hit hard; to punch hard; to give a hard blow; to wallop; to sock
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
with a start; with a jump
to get hungry; to become hungry
water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
to stir; to churn; to rummage around; to throw into confusion; to throw into chaos
to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse
company; lot; people; troupe; company (of musicians)
groundless (rumour, accusation, etc.); unfounded; baseless; without a shred of truth
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
(death from) starvation; starving to death
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
feel (of something); touch; texture; feeling; impression
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
(carved) statue; sculpture
to gather; to (pick up and) collect; to glean (information)
damn it; damn; beast; animal; person reborn into the animal realm; brute
pigment; coloring; colouring; colorant; colourant
human kindness; human weakness
jumble; mixture; mess; muddle; disorder; chaos
correct answer; right solution; correct interpretation; right decision; right choice; appropriate judgement
not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
to turn (one's face) away; to avert (one's eyes)
midterm (mid-semester) test or exam
first day (e.g. at work, school); day one
test (of ability, knowledge, etc.); exam; test (of performance, quality, etc.); trial; rehearsal
many people talking noisily; chowing down; scarfing down; roughly (of actions)
to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off
section (e.g. in a newspaper); column; field (in a form, web page, etc.); blank; handrail; railing
interval; break; pause; gap (between objects); interval; opening
to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)
nasal breathing; breathing through one's nose; person's pleasure; excitement
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock)
manner of using one's hands
input; (data) entry; typing
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
restlessly; nervously; uneasily; in a fidget