welcome!; nice to see you!
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
electricity; (electric) light
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
corridor; hallway; passageway
hinge; joint (esp. an anatomical joint)
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
to (an extent); up to; doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ...; even if ...
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
prank; practical joke; horseplay; mischievous trick
advance; moving forward; progress
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
jello (gelatin-based dessert); jelly; gel; jelly
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light; person who is slow to react; someone slow on the uptake
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
choosing; selecting; deciding (on)
to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces
sewing together; stitching up (a wound); suture
slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
to assume an aspect; to take on an appearance
(cross) section (e.g. in a drawing); cutting plane
some; (a) little; somewhat; to some extent; in part
face; looks; vestiges; trace
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time