to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
long slits (esp. of eyes)
great disaster; horrible tragedy; catastrophe; catastrophic event; catastrophic incident; dire calamity
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
surroundings; circumference
nap; doze; short sleep; staringly; fixedly
to read too much into things; to get wrong ideas by letting one's imagination run wild; to have a groundless suspicion
every person; each one; everybody
appearance; shape; form; atmosphere; look; feel
only natural; no wonder; as expected; of course; as it should be
perception; sensing; noticing
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
to strike (gold, oil, etc.); to find (e.g. buried treasure); to dig up
frightening; scary; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) exaggerated; (arch.) huge
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot
all times and places; all ages and countries
main cause; primary factor
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
ordinary; run-of-the-mill; usual
swaying (only once, in a large, slow motion); relaxedly
coal mine; (coal) pit; colliery
dead end; cul-de-sac; blind alley; end; end of the road; end point
blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end
for some reason or other; somehow or other; by some chance
rough estimate; rough calculation; expectation; anticipation; plan
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
request; appeal; claim; purchase
with a rustling sound; (rummaging) around
writing; entry (e.g. to a form); posting (e.g. to a blog)
faint hopes; dim prospects; little hope; unlikely (to be successful)
section; cross section; profile
degradation over time; time-related deterioration
to grip; to grasp; to squeeze
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
to become a yokozuna; to be a yokozuna