approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
plan; measure; means; scheme; policy
modest; reserved; quiet; frugal; simple; plain
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
to be worth; to be worthy of; to deserve; to merit
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
being independent; becoming independent; standing on one's own feet (without the use of crutches, etc.)
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
to put on (coat, gown, etc.)
at the top of one's voice
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
to be nervous; to be sensitive; to worry; to be fussy; to be precise
to enclose (with); to surround (with); to turn (one's head, heel, etc.); to rotate; to think over; to consider
you could say that; that might be so
such; like that; in that way
calamity; misfortune; disaster
seeds; producer-driven solutions; ideas, products, services, etc. proposed by a company to consumers
to fill (with); to be filled with; to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing (on a typewriter)
to quicken; to speed up; to gather speed
thicket; bush; coppice; brushwood
to catch one's attention; to catch one's ear; to be annoying to one's ear
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
in proportion to; just as much as
all right; very well; there, there; patting (e.g. a child on the head); stroking
feel uneasy; on tenterhooks; in suspense; on pins and needles
annihilation (of particle and anti-particle)
Steller's sea eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus)
gale; violent (strong) wind
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
utmost limits; extremity; limit
same kind; same sort; same species; same race; homogeneity
to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. an idea); to accept (e.g. advice); to harvest; to reap
imprudent; indiscreet; immodest; indecent; inconsiderate; inappropriate
to just appear; to be half out; to be on the tip of one's tongue
dizzying (speed, changes, etc.); rapid; drastic; bewildering; hectic; bustling (e.g. world)
covered in mud; mud-caked
very close (to); within a stone's throw (of); a stone's throw away (from)
several (objects, usu. from two to six)