railroad; railway; rail transport
leather; leather-bound; leathern
to carry; to bring (to a place)
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
and then; in addition to that; also; even so
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
while running; while moving; in motion
with a bang; with a crash; with a bump; suddenly (fall); sharply
gliding; sliding; skating (on ice); taxiing (aircraft); making a takeoff run
perversity; perverse person; antagonistic demon in Japanese folklore; demon under the feet of temple guardian statues
small; small-sized; small-scale; miniature
(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
(made of) stone; stone-built
wondrous; marvellous; uncanny; like a charm
singing of insects (esp. in autumn); sound of insects
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
(air) bubble (esp. in a liquid)
king of herrings (Regalecus glesne); oarfish; ribbonfish
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
deep sea; depths of the sea; ocean depths
group; bunch; crowd; group
great speed; recklessly fast speed
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
periodic; regular; routine
puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout; bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines)
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
perfect score; full marks; extremely; very; quite
splish-splash; with a splash