immense; awesome; enormous; terrific
front-page article; top story; lead
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
box; container; box (in a theatre); booth (in a restaurant, etc.); small rectangular building (e.g. telephone box); rectangular field area (e.g. batter's box, catcher's box); box (calfskin)
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
apprehensive; vaguely fearful; gloomy (about the future); somewhat alarmed
feeling of fullness; sense of sufficiency; feeling of satisfaction
to carry on; to go on with one's life; to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
bad name; bad reputation; disgrace; dishonour; dishonor; stigma
to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)
direct death; death directly caused by an accident, disease, etc.
to (hit and) crush; to smash; to squash; to defeat soundly; to crush (an opponent, hopes, etc.)
to impose a gag order; to hush up; to order someone not to mention something
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
to pressure; to put pressure (on); to press
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
variation in color (colour); having a different color
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); destruction; annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling on appeal); quashing
rudely (barging in); straight; directly; without hesitation; without permission
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
to take out; to take a handful of; to grab and throw; to turn someone out (of house, room, etc.)
the art of war; martial arts; military force; the sword; (arch.) valor; (arch.) bravery
to make sure of the truth
one layer; single layer; monopetalous; unlined kimono; single-edged eyelid; eyelid with an epicanthic fold
the wolf knows what the ill beast thinks; it takes one to know one; it takes a thief to catch a thief
overcrowding; congestion; overpopulation; crammed (schedule); congested; busy
cheerful; bright; clear; clean; honest
official announcement; proclamation
glazing; fitting with glass; transparency; openness; lack of secrecy
to throw up a smoke screen; to put up a false front; to purposely mislead
to be unable to understand; to baffle one's understanding; to be beyond one's comprehension
to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish
unsolved; unresolved; unsettled; pending; outstanding
strange thing; odd thing; how absurd!; preposterous!