along (a river, coast, railway, etc.); on (e.g. a street)
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
interruption; discontinuance; suspension; cancellation (of a planned event); calling off
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
(smelling) strongly; pungently; reeking; angrily; sulkily; in a huff
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
at once; immediately; instantly; in an instant; quickly; suddenly
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
without trouble; easily; readily
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
to slip through (a crowd); to weave through (e.g. traffic); to pass through; to get around; to elude (e.g. the law); to evade
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
revolution; rotation; turning; turning (an aircraft or ship)
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
key; lock; key (to a problem, success, etc.); clue
to pilfer; to filch; to swipe
to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed
to talk; to chat; to chatter
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
intruder; invader; trespasser; raider
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
expansion; swelling; increase; growth
little finger; pinky; fourth (occ. fifth) finger; little toe
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
grandfather; male senior-citizen; old man
change in appearance; transformation
with a thump; (hanging) straight down
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself (as); to change (into); to transform; to change radically (for the better)
witnessing; observing; sighting
only recently; just of late
returning; coming back; returning to the service of one's master
blowfly (excluding bluebottles and greenbottles)
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
emission; emanation; letting out (feelings); venting; divergence (of light); divergence
noisily (from many people talking); in a commotion; with a rustling sound (of leaves, branches, etc.); with a rippling sound (of the surface of a lake, etc.); feeling a chill; with a chill (up one's spine)
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
sight (e.g. of a gun); aim; alignment
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with