connection; linking; linkage; link; liaison; contact
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
way out; means to escape; escape route
spine; backbone; spinal column
to firmly tighten (e.g. around neck, throat); to constrict; to strongly press (someone); to crack down on; to settle accounts
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
no matter how much time passes; no matter how long you wait; (taking) forever
to push back; to press back; to force back; to (refuse and) return (something); to give back
live decoy (for hunting); decoy; bait; lure
haste; hurry; urgency; in a hurry; quickly; with haste
to push aside; to thrust aside; to brush aside; to reject; to remove; to take out
in a subdued voice; in undertones; in a whisper; in a mumble; in a murmur
don't worry; no worries; never mind
as soon as possible; as quickly as possible; speedily; without delay; ASAP
to run at full speed; to run and run; to try one's hardest
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
make; manufacture; -made; made of ...; made in ...
doll; puppet; marionette; puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
convulsion; cramp; spasm; tic; twitch; fit
to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...
very; greatly; extremely; exceedingly; highly; quite
(sense of) sight; eyesight; vision
weird; eerie; ominous; creepy; uncanny; unearthly
blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end
failure (i.e. an unsuccessful work); flop; dud; bomb
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
to roar; to thunder; to become well known; to become famous; to pound (of one's heart); to throb
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
existing (between); interposition; intervention; involvement
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
(breaking) with a snap (of a thread, string, etc.); (ending) suddenly (of a call, communications, etc.); piercing (e.g. with a needle); squashing (something small; e.g. an insect); breaking out (e.g. of a pimple)
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
accompanying (someone); going with; travelling together; the same bank; the said bank
to blow (on); to breathe (on); to pick (a fight); to provoke; to exaggerate; to ask (an unreasonable price)
to attack and scatter; to argue vehemently
separate; respective; different
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at)