piercing; shrill; noisy; loud; clamorous; wild
people; men and women; each person; everybody
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to quicken; to speed up; to gather speed
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
to go along; to walk along; to follow
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
again; once more; a second time
encapsulated type; closed type (e.g. headphones); sealed type
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
in that way; thus; so; so?
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do