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anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case

10

happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately

3

pinch; crisis; tough spot; clothespin

1

to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert

1

stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification

1

to relax; to release tension from one's muscles; to let go limp

1

beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions

1

originally; by nature; from the start

4

performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)

1

to fall asleep

1

darkness; the dark

23

convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience

1

moment by moment; hour by hour

1

to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel

4

slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably

6

breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance

5

to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous

2

to becalm one's feelings; to compose oneself

1

to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb

5

call; hail; yell

1

to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses

4

to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out

20

total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects

3

because; as; since

6

to be bewildered; to be perplexed

3

to pass (of time); to elapse

4

to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)

7

whisper; murmur

4

(electric) torch; flashlight

42

falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses

1

movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling

5

to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)

3

now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which

4

to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal

4

restlessly; aimlessly; to loiter; to drift; to be restless; to fuss

2

intent; intention; bad faith; mens rea (guilty mind)

1

awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing

1

what time; (lit.) which hour

1

ten o'clock

6

bedtime

1

outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough

3

eleven o'clock

4

past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)

2

fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet

9

putting a plan into operation

1

just above; right overhead

1

dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly

7

huge; gigantic; enormous

2

to lie down (and rest)

3

breathing of a sleeping person

3