to fly around; to scatter
minute; fine; detailed; subtle
flour; meal; powder; heroin
to glitter; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glisten; to gleam; to glint
in operation (of a machine, especially security cameras); in use; in action
gossip; corner of the mouth
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
one class (of students); one group (of people); one set (of items); one pair
deadlock; standstill; stalemate; impasse; standoff
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt
(physical) form; shape; visage; (facial) features; form (as opposed to substance); manner (of action); (resultant) state
to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
smooth; meticulous; painstaking; detailed
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
moving slowly (and dull-wittedly)
to start to move; to get going; to come alive
slow; sluggish; dull; lax (regulation, handling, etc.); slack; sloppy
opposite; reverse; contrary; front and back; parallel to; back to back
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
distance; range; difference (e.g. in opinion); gap; metric
gurgling down; being sucked into; caving in suddenly
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
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
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to be soluble (in); to be used up (of money or time); to be wasted
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)
to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
to smoke (e.g. fire); to billow smoke; to smoulder; to be hazy; to look dim
arm; ability; skill; (physical) strength
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
to cut up; to split open; to rip to pieces; to tear to pieces
as expected; just as one thought; as feared; sure enough