disagreeable; unpleasant; nasty; detestable; sarcastic; snide
mass communication; mass media
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture
to gather; to collect; to assemble
foster parent; foster parents; (pet) caretaker
in search of; in order to look for
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
consequence; outcome; result; blame; fault
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
abnormal behavior (behaviour)
he; she; that guy; that; that one; that thing
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
as if; as though; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest; really; completely
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
to have an accident; to meet with an accident
to manage something successfully; to be successful
right hand; right-hand side; right-hand direction; (on) the right
since then; from that time; ever since
to try to do; to attempt to do
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
means; way; method; measure