surroundings; environs; circumference
to gather; to collect; to assemble
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
to have a cramp; to be pulled too tight
essence; true nature; substance; reality
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
form; shape; figure; visage
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
while; even though; despite
arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)
until now; so far; up to the present
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
thunderous roar; roaring sound
to roar; to reverberate; to be well-known; to be famous; to palpitate; to throb
hellfire; flames of hell; raging fire; large fire; fire that consumes an evildoer
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
to crack; to develop a crack
in its entirety; whole; wholly
partly burned charcoal; (arch.) servant boy at a brothel or teahouse
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
toppling sideways; turning sideways; falling over sideways; barrel roll
tank (military vehicle); chariot
rolling stock; railroad cars; wheeled vehicles
bursting and scattering; popping and being dispersed
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
by means of; due to; because of; according to
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)