young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
chasing too far; pursuing relentlessly
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
harbour; harbor; landing place; wharf; anchorage
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
half; 50%; 5 parts; 5%; equality; equal footing
off the coast; offshore; out at sea
artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
light; glow; (a) light; lights; proof (of innocence)
stars; the stars and planets; celestial bodies
to blink (one's eyes) repeatedly
to shake; to sway; to rock; to become unstable; to become unsettled; to be shaken
hitting a ball (with a bat, golf club, etc.); batting; stroke
listing (on the stock exchange, etc.); taking (a company) public; performance (of a play, opera, etc.); staging; presentation
puffing (smoke or steam); puff-puff (of a steam locomotive); steaming; (one's body) feeling hot; coo-coo (of a pigeon); choo-choo (train); pigeon
firing (esp. a rocket or missile); launching; shooting; ejaculation
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
one-by-one; separately; in detail
impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; presence; appeal
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
to become calm (of the wind, sea, etc.); to die down
sea level; (surface of) sea
to be launched (e.g. rocket); to lift off; to be washed up (on the shore)
good place not many people know about; great little-known spot; good out-of-the-way place; betting booth (at a racecourse)
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
movie; film; motion picture
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
spherical; globular; globe-shaped
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
round; circular; spherical
(meeting with) disaster; (having an) accident; mishap; shipwreck; distress
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
mixed with; mingled with; interspersed with; dashed with; sprinkled with
(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child
to dispatch (someone); to send; to make go fast (a car, horse, etc.); to drive; to move quickly (one's pen, eyes, etc.); to run (one's eyes over something)
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
to be too late; to be too slow