nasty; mean; heartless; inconsiderate; selfish
stealthily; secretly; in secret
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
to arrive home; to return
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
hands behind one's back; hands tied behind one's back; behind (e.g. someone); rear; appearance from behind
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
to attract notice; to catch the eye; to stand out
high praise; great admiration; rave reviews
looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; picking out; singling out
(looking) over the top of one's glasses; (looking) through a pair of glasses
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
one day; (on) a certain day
(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
to enter (house, room, etc.); to step in
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
this world; this life; world of the living
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
accurate; correct; precise; exact
twice; again; second time
to look around; to survey
tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground
naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
with a start; with a jump
one's face turning pale (ashen); the color being drained from one's face