near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
floating; drifting; suspension; (arch.) wandering (about)
surroundings; environs; circumference
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
innumerable; countless; numberless
continuous; continual; unceasing; incessant; without interruption
creation; generation; formation; derivation
hail (e.g. of bullets); barrage; storm; rain and hail
to rain incessantly; to downpour
he; she; that guy; that; that one; that thing
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
to shave off; to scrape off
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to torment; to harass; to tease; to extort; to shake down; to demand money
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
gradually becoming poor; situation getting gradually worse and worse
chance to win; opportunity to win; chance of victory
to boast; to brag; to feign ignorance; to pretend not to know; to recite (a song or poem to oneself); to bark
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
memory; recollection; remembrance; memory; storage
to flash (e.g. lightning); to flicker; to flutter (e.g. flag); to wave; to flash into one's mind (e.g. an idea); to come to one suddenly
astounding; tremendous; wild; crazy; exorbitant; outrageous
bizarre plan; perplexing strategy; outlandish scheme
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
floor; dance floor; sales floor; floor (of a building); storey
stairs; stairway; staircase
neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity; environs; surrounding area; district
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
to lend an ear to; to listen to
to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)
being beyond recovery; having no hope of recovery