to pour water (into); to dilute with water; to hinder; to hamper; to throw cold water on
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
stipulation; prescription; provision; regulation; rule
level; standard; water level
audience; spectator; spectators
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape; seeking safe haven
to cause casualties; to result in deaths
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
scream; shriek; shout; exclamation
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
at once; immediately; right now
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
charm; incantation; spell; magic formula
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
metre; meter; meter; gauge
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
scattering; diffusion; spread (e.g. signal across the spectrum)
still (continuing); as ever; further
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
to create (a sensation); to give rise to (controversy)
waves that remain after the wind has subsided; after-effect; aftermath
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
haughty; arrogant; pompous; self-important
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
anything and everything; just about everything
root and branch; thoroughly; by the roots; completely; all
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
destruction; disruption; (application) crash