to notice; to realize; to be attentive; to be scrupulous; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses)
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
peace of mind; relief; (sense of) security; safety; assurance; confidence
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
tool; implement; means; furniture
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
question; inquiry; enquiry
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
soft; tender; gentle; mild; light (topic, book, etc.); informal
because of; owing to; due to
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to divide; to separate; to partition; to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud)
to be silent; to say nothing
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
that's a different matter; that's a different story
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
(several) tens; dozens; scores (of)
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
people; men and women; each person; everybody
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to be captivated (by); to be infatuated (with)
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
brute; beast; monster; inhuman person; ungrateful person
eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
departure; departing from ...; sent from ...; (a letter, etc.) dated ...; counter for engines (on an aircraft); counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.