nagging; faultfinding; carping; captious
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
huge rock; firmness; solidity
way (of doing); manner; method; means
demotion; relegation; reduction in rank; degradation; downward move
grumbling; muttering; nonsense
on the way back; returning
same row; same line; same file; same rank; same level; same category
to take a view or perspective; to regard as; to consider to be
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
creation; generation; formation; derivation
porcelain (esp. soft-paste porcelain); china; chinaware; earthenware; pottery; ceramics
to drop like a rock (e.g. of reputation, power, influence); to go down the toilet
broken into small fragments; smashed to atoms; fragments and splinters; smithereens
cloudiness; turbidity; nebula (medical)
shrill; piercing (scream, etc.)
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
automatic; intransitive verb
sound; noise; acoustics; reverberation; echo; audio
spewing; gushing; spouting; eruption; effusion
to use as an intermediary; to worry; to mind; to care
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
to surge; to well up; to gush out
to be in difficulties; to be in trouble; to be in a difficult situation
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
mysterious bird; strange bird; eerie bird; monster that has taken the form of a bird
basics; rudiments; elements; ABCs of ...
slight; little; insignificant
extremely important; essential; vital; crucial
to put back up; to stand back up; to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate
to name; to take a second name or alias; to announce; to boast; to declare
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
delicate; minute; fine; detailed; subtle
madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic
reaching; attaining; arrival