to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
end of a road; end of a street
front; frontage; facade; main
violence; assault; rough (e.g. handling); reckless; rape; sexual assault
name; given name; first name
to bend; to warp; to lose heart
one thin flat object; one sheet
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
to choke; to be choked (by); to sob convulsively
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
unperturbed; undaunted; retaining composure; unyielding; not giving an inch
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
being in abstraction; being dazed; being absentminded; stargazing
appearance; air; condition; state; form
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
to push aside; to brush aside
storage room; storeroom; lumber room
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
to run down (stairs, etc.)
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
opposite; reverse; contrary
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend