to be surprised; to be taken aback; to be amazed; to be frightened; to be startled; to be alarmed
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
bumping of heads; running into; coming across; encountering
jostle; struggle; scuffle
you; before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of
shellfish; seashell; shell
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
counter for scraps, fragments, petals, etc.
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; neglecting (e.g. one's studies); leaving unattended
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
empty nest; empty house; empty home; burglary (of an empty house); burglar (who targets empty houses)
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
case; occasion; situation; circumstances
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
watch; guard; lookout; surveillance; watchman; sentinel
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
middle of the night; dead of night
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
lonely (place); remote; in the middle of nowhere
detached house; single house; single building; isolated house; house in isolated location
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
left side; left-hand side
one blow; one hit; one stroke; summiting on the first attempt (oft. without prior knowledge about the route; in climbing); on-sight; flashing
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
to jostle; to shove and push; to struggle with one another
assumption; supposition; hypothesis; supposition
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
right side; right-hand side
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front