rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
to watch steadily; to stare
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
distinction; differentiation; classification
branches and leaves; foliage; unimportant details; nonessentials; side issue
to model on; to make in the shape of; to represent; to symbolise
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
one swing; one shake (e.g. of pepper); one sword
study; library; den; home office; reading room
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
to slide into; to slip into
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
to worry (about); to fret (over); to be anxious
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
here and there; in places
to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
handrail; railing; banister
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
(somebody's) child; person with parents; other people's children; the Son of Man; Christ
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
cave; hollow; cavity; hollow