to be flabbergasted; to be dumbfounded
splendid; magnificent; gorgeous
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
weird; eerie; ominous; creepy; uncanny; unearthly
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
aloof; morose; (smelling) strongly; pungently; spiky (esp. of a hairstyle); sticking up straight (e.g. of plant stems)
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
middle of the night; dead of night
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
saved data (in a game or app, etc.); saved game
superscription (on a letter, parcel, etc.); address; overwriting (data, file, etc.)
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
about this time; about now
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to blackmail; to extort; to shake down
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion
to look slightly doubtful; to look puzzled; (lit.) to bend one's head slightly to one side
awesome; awe-inspiring; august; discourteous (to a superior); lacking due respect
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
please (give me); please (do for me)
to curl oneself up; to squeeze oneself in; to be huddled
oppressive rule; tyrannical regime; despotism
scene; spectacle; sight; view
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled (of an arrangement, conclusion, etc.)
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal
mental; mental health; mental state; mental resolve
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
to be silent; to say nothing
sulky look (often with puffed cheeks); sullen look; pout; glower
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
eternity; perpetuity; permanence
want to ... do something; would like to ...