person affected by a disaster; afflicted person; victim; sufferer; survivor
influence; clout; leverage
friction; rubbing; chafing; discord; friction
(transplant) rejection; strong reaction (against)
special characteristics; peculiarity; distinctiveness
bad ending (in a film, novel, etc.); unhappy ending
terminus; last stop (e.g. train)
to cross one's mind; to occur to one; to flash into one's head
manned mission (e.g. space probe)
manned; occupied; piloted
proving ground; test site
cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do
to be duplicated; to be repeated; to overlap; to fall together (of dates, etc.); to repeat (a failed course, school year, etc.); to make a double play
shell (of a crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; (person's) back; years of experience
breakwater; mole; seawall; bulwark; shield (e.g. against critcism); protective barrier
quadruped; four-footed animal
form; shape; figure; morph
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
to (hit and) crush; to smash; to squash; to defeat soundly; to crush (an opponent, hopes, etc.)
same type; same model; isomorphism; homotypy
to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape; to make good one's escape
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
to trust; to relax one's guard (around)
descendant; progeny; offspring
for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous
to push aside; to push one's way through
opaque; obscure; opacity; obscurity; unclear; unpredictable
(battery) charger; AC adapter
goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies
shell (e.g. electron shell)
phase transition; phase change; phase transformation
to dismantle; to demount; to take something away; to detach
to be sticky; to be stringy; to be glutinous
upper tier; upper section; place of honor; place of honour; dais; raised part of floor
roaring; thundering; thunderous; deafening; ear-splitting
loins; hips; pelvic region; waist
electrically operated; electric powered