blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
spire; steeple; pinnacle; minaret
to put together; to gather; to collect; to scrape together
conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; especially; particularly
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
knowing; (an) acquaintance
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
purple smoke; tobacco smoke
to trail (of smoke, clouds, etc.); to hang (of mist, haze, etc.); to lie (over); to linger; to flow (e.g. of hair in the wind)
bunch of flowers; bouquet
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
chair; stool; post; office; position
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
to let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax; to not take oneself too seriously
long slits (esp. of eyes)
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive
image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; reflection; image (in one's mind)
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
negative film (as opposed to positive or reversal film); negative
here and there; in places
fluorescent color; fluorescent colour
intellectual curiosity; out of curiosity; inquisitiveness
blue (colour, color); sad; down (in the dumps)
greed; worldly or materialistic desires
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
light; faint; pale; fleeting
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
physiological; physical; visceral; instinctive; in one's guts
desire; want; will; wish; urge; craving
remains; dregs; vestiges; remnant; residue