to grow in severity; to grow increasingly severe
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
arrival; coming (e.g. something awaited); advent
sense of relief; feeling of relief
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
after all; anyway; actually; well, ...; ... on earth (e.g. "what on earth?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
hibernation; winter sleep; torpor
invasion; raid; attack; visitation (of a calamity)
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
slave labour; slave labor; compulsory service; forced labour; forced labor; exacted service
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
futures; credit (buying); stretching; total (preceding counter, unit, etc.); aggregate
unrelated; unconnected; without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives; unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha
regarding as a sure thing; seeing as a certainty
large family; extended family
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
credibility; authenticity; confidence; reliability
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
winning streak; good time to make a profit
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
to settle down (and deal with something); to concentrate all one's energy (on something); to settle oneself (in a place); to settle down (somewhere); to take a solid stance; to lower one's center of gravity (centre)
to use one's own money; to pay for from one's own pocket
to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
topic; subject; rumor; talk; tale; story
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
to freeze (of one's body); to be frozen; to become numb (with cold); to be chilled
elbowroom; leeway; room; reserve; margin; allowance
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
something or other; this and that; one thing this, another thing that; blah blah blah
none other than; ... himself; ... herself
sound leaking (out of headphones, etc.); sound leakage
expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC