butterfly effect (chaos theory)
puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout; bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines)
taboo; day, time, direction, words, etc. that must be avoided; contraindication
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
to that extent; to that degree; that much; that many
den; haunt; hangout; nest; lair
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
to mash; to grind; to pulverize; to dissipate (a fortune); to run through; to lose
fierce; intense; severe; violent; strong; vehement
mysterious power of words to alter reality
to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
(public) peace; stability; tranquillity
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
after all; in the end; when all's said and done; for the time being; at present
aimlessly; unexpectedly (showing up); slowly swaying; staggering; moving feebly
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
thinning out; pruning; culling; infanticide
demon; daemon (in Unix, etc.)
nearing the enemy; coming into contact with the enemy
to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
torrential rain; heavy rain; cloudburst; downpour
to escape being burned (esp. of a building or the items in it); to survive a fire
to lose an easy game; to suffer an unexpected defeat; to lose information
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)
forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
natural disaster; cataclysm
compact; compact (cosmetics); portable powder case
to cease; to stop; to be over