feel (of a material); texture
raw materials; ingredients
setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
dropping out; falling behind; omission; being left out; falling off; coming off
inferior; base; vulgar; low grade; lower class
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
unhappy; sad; miserable; wretched; gloomy; melancholic
ups and downs; bobbing up and down; rising and falling; ebbing and flowing
the ocean; the great deep
outflow; effluence; efflux; outflow (of people, capital, etc.); drain (of gold, talent, etc. from a country); leak (e.g. of personal information)
V; v; victory; pre-recorded video clip; volt; vanadium
(any) particular; special; material; perceptible; noticeable
perfunctory; apathetic; makeshift; slapdash; routine; usual
to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily
to be slippery; to be slimy
as you can imagine; as imagined
rotten smell; putrid odor
algae; waterweed; seaweed; duckweed
pursuer; pursuing party; posse; (arch.) tailwind; (arch.) favorable wind; (arch.) fair wind
voyage; passage; travelling
after having come this far; now that we've come this far
the good old days; halcyon days
underwater; behind closed doors; behind the scenes; below the surface
narrow-minded; obstinate; stubborn; perverse; unreasonable; warped
down-market; popular; mass-market
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied
snowflake (cluster of ice crystals)
epileptic seizure; epileptic fit
to show through; to be hinted at; to peek through; to shine through
illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; misconception; misunderstanding
thawing of snow; thaw; thaw (in relations)
for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist