(place) near by; (place) close by; (place) right next to; as soon as; right after
place; position; location; position; standing; status
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
weak; weakly; feeble; frail; delicate; faint (voice, sunlight, etc.)
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; intention; mind; mood
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
which; where; all; both; anyway; anyhow
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to gather; to collect; to assemble
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
pupil; student; schoolchild
to surround; to encircle; to enclose; to fawn over (someone); to play up to; to curry favor with
comparatively; relatively
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
to give up (all thoughts of); to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to make a decision; to decide
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
unexpected; surprising; unanticipated; strange; unforeseen
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (e.g. endure); stoically
to stare (at); to gaze (at); to look hard (at); to watch intently; to fix one's eyes (on)
in the same way; like; likewise; similarly
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
weird; eerie; ominous; creepy; uncanny; unearthly