to shake; to sway; to waver
creak; squeak; creaking; discord; strife; friction
to be able to eat; to be able to swallow
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike a chord; to be gut-wrenching
town area; urban area; metropolitan area; built-up area
fortress; stronghold; citadel
platform; home; home base; home plate
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
pistol; handgun; revolver
manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining
violence; vehemence; fury; fervour; fervor; severity
remains; dregs; vestiges; remnant; residue
the last moment; the very end
being absorbed in; losing oneself in; losing control of oneself
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
royal fern (Osmunda japonica); flowering fern; osmund; fiddlehead fern
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
loitering; roaming; sauntering; wandering about; prowling
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
turning point; tipping point; commutation point
eternal; unlimited; endless
attenuation; damping; decay
sympathy; empathy; response
postwar period; period after Second World War
to start writing; to begin (a book, letter, etc.)
writing; composition; essay; sentence
to read (a book, etc.) over again
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one