implication (in a crime); involvement; (arch.) sitting in a row (in the same seat)
notable; important; chief; valuable; conspicuous; outstanding
homecoming; return to one's home
to make narrower; to shut (an umbrella); to shrug (one's shoulders); to purse (one's lips)
thunderstorm; thundershower
nesting hole; burrow; den
breeding; propagation; reproduction; multiplication; increase
the husband of one's younger sister
overfishing; overhunting; indiscriminate fishing; indiscriminate hunting
deployment; spreading out; dispersal
event; phenomenon; matter
extermination (of pests); eradication; stamping out (e.g. a social evil)
patronizing; expecting gratitude in return; acting like one is doing someone a favor; condescending
to agree; to decide upon; to enter into (a contract)
to entrust (someone) with; to pin one's hopes on (someone's future); to have great expectations for; to have (someone) deliver (a letter, etc.); to leave (a message); to send word
bodyguard; bouncer; bar (on a door); bolt; stick or pole used for self-defence
to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)
(death from) starvation; starving to death
artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made
one's course; one's path; one's road
level ground; plain; flatland
water shortage; shortage of water supply
to appoint; to nominate; to consider (oneself) to be; to pose as; to assume (a role, responsibility, etc.); to take on
to redraw (a line); to catch (a cold) again; to consult (a reference) again
to lie down (in bed); to retire (to bed); to become bedridden (with an illness)
one's younger sister and her husband
consequence; result; conclusion; apodosis