to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
to be choked up; to be crushed (emotionally); to be overcome (with emotion); to be shocked; to be horrified
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
things to do; must-do items; one's duty; what is required
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over something; pondering
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
stagnation; hindrance; delay
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
slight; little; insignificant
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
correction; rectification; mending; repair
dark clouds gather; threatening signs emerge; trouble is afoot
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
brilliant; radiant; bright; sparkling
to shed light; to cast light
flash (of light); glint; schiller
(tear) to pieces; (rip) apart; with a rattle; with a shudder; feeling an electric shock
surface of the earth; ground surface
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
(are you) alright?; (are you) OK?
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain
to jump from one thing to another
hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating
out of control; out of hand; unmanageable; nothing one can do
matter being discussed (e.g. in a private conversation); our side of the story (in contrast to another's version)
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
responsibility; duty; obligation
to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)
to have excess momentum (from going too fast, using too much force, etc.); to get carried away; to go overboard; to overdo (something)
to fall on one's backside
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious