stealthily; secretly; in secret
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
until now; so far; up to the present
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
beginning; outset; first; onset
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
adaptation; accommodation; conformity
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
health care center; health care centre; animal shelter
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
to spit out; to eject; to dump
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
taking one's children along (to an event, into a new marriage, etc.); parent with child
warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
coat; tunic; jacket; outer garment
creeping about; stirring restlessly; squirming