light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
fast-talking; rapid talking
declaration; proclamation; announcement
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
primeval; primordial; primitive; pristine
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
mode of life; ecology; (animal) territory
to hide; to conceal oneself
to the utmost; to the best of one's ability
to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
with great vigour; in leaps and bounds; (lit.) with the force of surging waves
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
tummy; tumtum; bang-bang; pop-pop; without reservation; unreservedly
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance
to differ; to be different; to run counter to; to change (into something out of the ordinary)
radio wave; reception; signal; saying strange things
breath; breathing; tone; mood
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken
oh, OK; oh, I see; oh, yeah?; hmm
should not be; must not be
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
piercing; shrill; noisy; loud; clamorous; wild
bitterness; distress; pain; bitterness and astringency
leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)