retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
scene; sight; scenario; setting
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
something like ...; something called ...
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
one-eyed; first (in a series); initial
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to change (cars or horses); to transfer; to possess; to inspire
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
woman; female; feminine gender
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
suddenly; all of a sudden
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
repeatedly opening and closing (one's mouth); gasping; flapping (e.g. shoe sole); gaping open and shut; heartily (eating); devouring
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak
without looking aside; looking neither right nor left; wholeheartedly; single-mindedly
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in