to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; pleasantly; (wearing, etc. something) elegantly; smartly; stylishly
to fly through the air; to hurtle through the air; to strike at something and miss; to fan the air
to shake; to sway; to rock; to become unstable; to become unsettled; to be shaken
to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up
to fade; to discolour; to discolor
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
freezing; turning into ice; freezing; locking up; freezing (in one's tracks); frieze (part of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice)
front; frontage; facade; main
departed spirit; soul of the dead; ghost; apparition
eerie; hair-raising; exaggerated; ostentatious
to make an appearance; to show up
characteristic (of); peculiar (to); inherent (in); eigen-
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
slim figure; slender body; slimming; weight reduction
strange; odd; peculiar; weird; bizarre; unusual
to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
to seem ...; to look ...; to appear ...; to feel ...; to behave like ...
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
bad(-tasting); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
colourful; colorful; multicoloured; various; varied; variegated
time; labour; payment (for labour); pay; tedious job; troublesome job
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
wiping out; sweeping away; eradicating; dispelling
awareness that one is not good at something; feelings of inferiority
stone wall; dry wall; rocky cliff; stone precipice
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
a little over; a little more than; strength; the strong; powerhouse; one of the biggest
switch; switch; points; switch (from one thing to another); change
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
to be able to reach; to be within one's reach; to be able to afford; to be near (a certain age)
feeling startled; getting a shock; prank; practical joke
to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout
stance; attitude; standpoint; stance; posture
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
occurring in succession; doing in succession; firing in rapid succession; volley of shots; volley (of questions, abuse, etc.); stream
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused