painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
to hesitate to say; to hem and haw; to falter in one's speech; to be stuck for a word; to mumble
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
after a short time; in a short while; a short time later
to weigh on one's mind; to worry one; to be concerned about
to inquire (about); to enquire; to ask; to interrogate; to question intensely; to grill (someone about something)
had better ...; had better not ...
(advance) notice; preliminary announcement; warning; trailer (for a film, TV show, etc.)
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
to crack; to be cracked; to develop a crack
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
distant view; looking from a distance; being able to see a long distance; good long-distance vision; farsightedness
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
presumption; assumption; estimation
small-sized; small-scale; miniature; small; little; tiny
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
impatience; irritation; frustration; fretfulness
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
scene; spectacle; sight; view
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
equal; identical; the same; no different (from); just like; equivalent
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
hollow; cavity; hole; cave
beyond this point; ahead; from now on; after this; in the future
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
to be connected (to); to be joined together; to connect (of a telephone call, the internet, etc.); to get through; to lead (to an outcome); to bring about (a result); to be lined up (e.g. of cars)
frequently; often; (staring) fixedly; narrowly; closely
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied (e.g. physics, linguistics, research)
optional; voluntary; arbitrary; arbitrary
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs