there is nothing; having nothing
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
soft, light rustling (e.g. leaves in the wind)
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
to mishear; to hear wrongly; to misunderstand
that is not supposed to ...; that ought not to ...; that should never ...; that cannot possibly ...
to be broken; to break; to break (down); to stop working; to fall through (of a plan, deal, etc.); to collapse
to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words
to take off one's glasses
to lose sight of; to miss
broken; interrupted; disconnected; intermittent; fragmentary; discontinuous
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
to burn to a crisp; to scorch
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
to lower the curtain (at the end of a play); to come to an end; to finish
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
to blow through; to blow across
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
final destination; last stop; end; conclusion; goal
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
the latter; the second; successor; descendant
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
heigh-ho; heave-ho; alley oop
to get up (from sitting); to stand up; to (finally) start to do something; to get off one's backside; to take action
(several) tens; dozens; scores (of)
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
correction; rectification; mending; repair
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
moment; brief space of time