elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
headquarters; head office; main office
rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice
not going (well); not proceeding (as one wishes); bad; not good; hopeless; beyond hope
gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor
to give directions; to issue instructions
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
probe; inquiry; enquiry; investigation
beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
wave motion; undulation; surge; wave
main hall; great hall; large hall; reception hall
complexion; skin tone; skin colour; countenance; look (on one's face); expression
large number (of); many; majority
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
shithead; bastard; fucking; bloody; damned
taking refuge; evacuation; backup (of data)
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape; seeking safe haven
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense)
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
Amazon River; Rio Amazonas
backward flow; backflow; countercurrent; reflux; regurgitation
pororoca (Amazonian tidal bore)
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
living thing; living creature; animal; life
to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)
grand; magnificent; majestic; great; sublime
to be outdone (by); to be in inferior (to); to compare unfavorably (with); to be behind
appalling; horrifying; dreadful; hideous; revolting; disgusting
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
athletic field; athletics stadium
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
the slightest bit of room; (lit.) room to stand a gimlet (on its end)
exactly; just; right (when); just (as); just (about to); on the point of
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
to be packed (with); to be filled; to be blocked (of a pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to be become shorter; to shrink; to be at a loss (for)
to appear uncomfortable (with); to seem to hate; to express dislike
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; expectation; anticipation
annihilation; extermination; (total) destruction; wiping out
as much as one can; as much as possible