thunder; thunderclap; crash of thunder
(sense of) hearing; auditory perception
sky; air; ether; firmament; the heavens
surface of the earth; ground surface
grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly
feel; touch; texture; manner (with others)
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
to become thin; to lose weight; to slim; to become impoverished (of soil); to become sterile; to become infertile
to (enter and) sit down; to plop oneself down; to plant oneself down; to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit in (in protest)
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
to project; to stick out; to stand out
to be dripping wet; to get drenched to the skin
(not) at all; (not) in the least; (none) whatsoever
to fall and pile up (e.g. snow); to lie thick
one grain; one drop; one bead
what little ... one has; tiny amount of; paltry
science (natural sciences and related fields, incl. mathematics, engineering, medicine, etc.); faculties of science, engineering, medicine, etc. (at a university); science (as a school subject)
to hear (something) as; to think that (something) sounds like
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
it says ...; it reads ...; ... is written
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
to steel oneself to; to brace oneself
arousal; excitation; awakening; evocation
to wake (someone) up (roughly); to rouse out of bed; to awaken (someone) by knocking at the door
to use abusive language; to curse; to call someone names
to be tired of waiting; to wait impatiently
wherein; therein; thereinto
crawling forward (on one's stomach)