to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
didn't stir an inch; not stirring a muscle
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
rather than; more ... than ...
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
to turn (towards); to face; to head to; to go towards; to allot; to allocate
to become stronger; to grow in intensity; to grow violent; to invite contributions, etc.; to solicit help, participation, etc.; to recruit (e.g. soldiers)
man; male; masculine gender
quite unlike; not bearing the slightest resemblance
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
cool; chilly; feeling nice and cold
unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky
to create (an atmosphere, feeling, etc.); to produce; to engender
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
one's eyes; (pair of) eyes
glass sphere; glass bead; glass marble
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
deep place; depths; depth; profundity
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
with a shiver (down one's spine); with a sudden chill
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out; to hand (over); to give
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
weird; eerie; ominous; creepy; uncanny; unearthly
firmly; flatly; definitely (wrong, different, etc.); absolutely; by far; far and away
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become indistinct; to become impure (of one's heart, a society, etc.); to be corrupted
thick (of a liquid); muddy; gooey
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
I feel that ...; I feel as though ...; I have a feeling that ...; I have the impression that ...; I think that ...
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to step forward; to take a step forward
unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously
to draw (something) toward one; to pull toward one; to pull closer; to attract; to draw; to entice
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
gossip; corner of the mouth