grumbling; muttering; complaining; moaning
mountain top; summit; peak
whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering
to creep up to; to approach stealthily; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
safe and secure; safe and worry-free
tribe; race; group (of people who share a common feature); gang; tribe (taxonomic rank); group (in the periodic table)
friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy
de facto marriage; common-law marriage
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
to coil around; to twine around; to cling (to); to follow around; to hang around
substantiation; materialization; materialisation; (specific to object language classes) instantiation
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to be reduced to ashes; to be cremated
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn; subsidence
inferiority (e.g. numerical); inferior position; disadvantage; unfavorable situation; unfavourable situation
to pay attention; to be watchful
unselfish; disinterested; unavaricious; free of avarice
subordinate; subordinates; inferior; inferiors; junior
fierce fight; close contest
battlefield; battleground
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
facing; opposite; across the street; other side
a little bit; a little while
looter; thief at the scene of a fire; someone who takes advantage of a crisis to commit a crime
to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.); to dry the bottom of a ship (to prevent insect damage)
to this extent; to this degree; this much
draw; tie; draw (to decide pairings in a competition); draw (shot); drawing
so; therefore; for that reason; if so; if that is the case; in that case
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
to uncover; to solve; to reveal
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
to go to the next stage (after failing to reach a conclusion); to be carried over (e.g. to the next meeting); to go into (a run-off, overtime, extra innings, etc.)
no matter how much time passes; no matter how long you wait; (taking) forever
established practice; custom
to do; to have the nerve to (do)
it is written that ...; ... is written; it says ...; it reads ...
operation (of a machine); running; working (and earning money); workload; deployment (e.g. to a production environment); release
ancestral; hereditary; handed down from generation to generation; for generations; from generation to generation
ancestor; forefather; foremother