death rate; mortality rate
evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge
to shut in; to confine; to contain
infants; babies and very young children
massive failure; debacle; fiasco
the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
of no concern at all; no skin off my nose
this for sure; certainly is
radiative cooling; radiational cooling
desolate field; withered field
frost; white hair; grey hair; gray hair
to look upwards; to look up
cruise; navigation; sailing
one's daily life; condition; well-being; standing and sitting; movements
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
several people; a few people
to give a round of applause; to applaud
to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
prudence; discretion; thought
to misread; to read wrongly; to misinterpret
staying in the air; remaining airborne