powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to stretch; to reach to; to stand on tiptoe
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
acceleration; speeding up
to run swiftly; to dash; to rush; to race
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
to break; to tear; to pierce; to split; to burst
to be surprised; to be astonished
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
to envelop; to blanket; to cloak
postwar period; period after Second World War
until now; so far; up to the present
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
danger; peril; hazard; risk
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
invasion; raid; attack; visitation (of a calamity)
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to project a shadow; to cast a shadow
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)