with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
Executive Office of the President (USA, etc.)
division; section; compartment; block; plot; lot
high-end residential area; affluent neighbourhood
to account for; to make up; to occupy (a place, position, etc.); to hold (a rank, seat, etc.); to occupy (one's mind, heart, etc.); to weigh (on one's mind)
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
insensitive; inconsiderate; callous; thick-skinned
the other day; previously; last time; last (Sunday, summer, etc.); previous (e.g. mayor, chapter)
dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently; gloomily
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
memories; recollections; reminiscence
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to keep standing; to stand motionless
as much as one can; as much as possible
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
on the occasion of; at the time of; when; during
to take away; to carry off
if it is (the case that ...)
to come to know; to perceive; to realize; to realise; to become aware (of)
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
metallic sound; metallic clank
distinctive; characteristic
sound; noise; audio; acoustics; reverberation
disassembly; dismantling; decomposition; resolution; factorization
I got it; I see; I now know; so that's the reason
initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages; initial shock (of an earthquake); preliminary tremor
to sense; to infer; to gather; to pick up on; to get wind of; to perceive
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
order; observance; discipline; rules; law; regulations
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
unintentionally; unconsciously; by mistake; heedlessly; against one's better judgement (judgment)