pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
to have a cramp; to be pulled too tight
whole story; full picture; full particulars
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
bow (of boat); prow; stem
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
container (e.g. shipping); skip
to be crushed; to be squashed (flat); to be discouraged
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
when it becomes; when it comes to
hollow; cavity; dent; depression
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
wooden; made of wood; wooden construction
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris
to be found; to be discovered
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
heavy flooding; disastrous flood; deluge; great flood (sent by a deity); flood myth
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
to pair with; to pair up; to pair off
overcoat; exceeding; going over; exaggerated; over the top; over par
to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close
in (e.g. secret); with (e.g. success)
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
closure (of a road); suspension of traffic; road closed; closed to traffic; no through road
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do