ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
foresight; foreknowledge; intimation; premonition; prediction
projecting part (of a headland, etc.); moment of departure; (on the) point of going out; outset; start
gale; strong wind; swift wind; fresh breeze (Beaufort scale)
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
ghastliness; dreadfulness; grimness; intimidation; menace; threat
advance; moving forward; progress
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to see everything; to see all; to abandon; to give up; to sell at a loss; to sell off
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
(direct) hit; hitting the mark
naturally; of course; understandably
to be crushed; to be squashed (flat); to be discouraged
round shape; circle; circular form
flame; blaze; fire; attack; aggression
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; viciously beating; hitting and kicking repeatedly
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
one by one; one after another; successively
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
moving about; stirring about
to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed
to dry up completely; to become stale
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
to fall over; to fall down; to fall; to flop (e.g. of a play); to be a flop
heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; disappointed
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)