busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
wholeheartedly; single-mindedly; earnestly; intently; determinedly
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity
to receive divine punishment
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
something; some kind of; for some reason
disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
tension; strain; tensions (between countries, groups, etc.); tonus; muscle tone
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
to hold in one's arms; to bring over a person to one's side; to involve
baron; Irish cobbler (variety of potato)
false name; alias; assumed name; pseudonym
to respond; to answer; to accept (an invitation, offer, etc.); to comply with (a request, etc.); to suit; to match
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
employer's house; master's house
to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
all present; all concerned; all of us
posture; position; stance
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon); trace
appearance; emergence; advent; arrival; showing up; coming to existence
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to recall; to remember; to recollect
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb; produced at an unorthodox location
beating (of the heart, with joy, excitement, etc.); palpitation; throbbing; pounding; fluttering
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
instant; moment; for an instant
sudden; abrupt; unexpected
to show up; to appear; to turn up
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
rather than; more ... than ...
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament