to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
other than; excluding; without
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to do thoroughly; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out
subordinate; underling; henchman; minion
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
magic (illusion); conjuring; magic trick; conjuring trick; sleight of hand
gap; opening; break; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
grey moustache; gray mustache; white beard
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
the grass; grassy place (esp. with long dense grass)
lightly; wide (open); gapingly; suddenly; unexpectedly
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
exit; way out; outlet; vent
to lie down; to throw oneself down
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (flyers, etc.); to give out; to shake off (a pursuer, companion, etc.); to give the slip
long time; long interval; for quite some time
patience; endurance; perseverance
to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to crawl out; to creep out; to begin to crawl
(walking) stick; cane; wand
tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
factory; plant; mill; workshop
few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
(walking a long distance) at a steady pace; intently; earnestly; single-mindedly; trudgingly; ploddingly
(street) corner; turn (in the road); bend; turning point; watershed
somehow; for some reason (or other); without knowing why
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
still (continuing); as ever; further