to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
strictly; severely; fully; closely; tightly
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
nodding (in agreement, with approval, etc.); repeatedly nodding and dozing off; suddenly (dying); deep (flavor, flavour, color, colour, etc.); rich
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
printout; (computer) printing
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
chronological order; time series
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
the very best; excellent; superb
customer traffic; customers; custom
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
journal; magazine; periodical
editor (in publishing, etc.)
on bargain sale; rising in popularity; up-and-coming; budding
diviner; fortune teller; soothsayer
inspiration; afflatus; ability to sense the supernatural (esp. ghosts, etc.)
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
scream; shriek; shout; exclamation
faint; trance; swoon; stupefaction
big splash; big response; major repercussions
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
continually; continuously; incessantly; without interruption
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
at first; initially; in the beginning
our gracious (e.g. Queen); honorific that attaches to name of a person or thing that has bestowed grace or favour upon you
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
this and that; one thing or another
to run up (a hill, stairs etc.); to dash up; to rush up
falling down; tumbling; reversing; inverting; getting upset
step (of a staircase, etc.); running board (of a bus, train); step (movement); pace; (dance) step; step (in a process)