continuation; continuance; maintenance; persistence; going on
looking on from afar; being a spectator
ferocious; fierce; audacious; impudent; shameless
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger
absentmindedness; preoccupation; setting one's mind at ease; ceasing to worry; (arch.) loss of one's moral sense; (arch.) straying from virtue
to read and understand; to interpret (e.g. a difficult text); to read deeply; to decipher; to decode
companion; fellow traveler (person who supports a group, movement, etc. without being a member); sympathizer
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
to serve as; to act as; to fill (the position of); to play the role of; to be in charge of; to hold (a position)
how much; how many; to what extent
any more; anymore; any further; any better; any longer
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
(camera) shutter; shutter (for a door, window, etc.)
to glitter; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glisten; to gleam; to glint
sea level; (surface of) sea
faint outlines of an island; vague shape of an island; silhouette of an island
ten; 10; ten years of age
report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage
attractive face and figure
infotainment television program; TV gossip show; (tabloid) talk show; talk show featuring discussion of current news, etc.
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
hostile relations; hostile relationship
crew (of a ship, airplane, etc.); crew member
to get on aboard; to join a ship
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
maintenance company; management company; proprietary company
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
that's got nothing to do with me; that's none of my business; that doesn't involve me
spare time; free time; time (it takes to do something); time required; time off; leave; dismissal
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
sightseeing; watching; viewing; sightseer; spectator; viewer
amusement; fun; brief entertainment
in any case; at all events; no matter how things turn out; whichever way it goes
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period
bad taste; poor taste; gaudiness; nastiness; nasty behaviour; perverse disposition
fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute
advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre