snake; serpent; large snake
just like; exactly like; as if; (do) just like ...; (be) virtually like ...; as if it were ...
ecdysis; shedding (of skin); sloughing; freeing oneself; breaking with (convention, etc.)
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream
to raise; to elevate; to move something (to a higher place); to put onto (e.g. a shelf); to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to raise (a wage); to show someone (into a room)
with a smooth, unhindered motion; speedily and without delay
to slip out; to steal out; to excel; to stand out
gap; opening; break; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
to visit and comfort or console; to go to see (e.g. someone in hospital); to ask after (e.g. someone's health); to attack; to hit; to strike
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
to slip through (a crowd); to weave through (e.g. traffic); to pass through; to get around; to elude (e.g. the law); to evade
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
to turn; to rotate; to go around; to circle; to make the rounds (of); to go around (several places); to go by way of
beginning; outset; first; onset
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
lingering (usu. feeling, emotion, etc.); continuing (to); still (...)
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
and various other things; and many others; and all the rest; and so on and so forth
impact; shock; impulse; (psychological) shock
to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond
something; some kind of; for some reason
to cry; to shed tears; to suffer (from); to be troubled (by); to accept (an unreasonable request, loss, etc.); to do reluctantly
several hundred; hundreds (of)
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
streaming (of tears); pouring; pouring (of rain or sweat)
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to give one's life (e.g. in battle); to devote one's life (e.g. to a cause)
together (of two people); both (of you, them, etc.)