fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
just above; right overhead
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
death by hanging; execution by hanging
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
instant; moment; for an instant
incident; affair; happening; event
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
stairs; stairway; staircase
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet
silence; stillness; quietness
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)
large tree; big tree; huge tree
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
while; during (the time when)
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to be noisy; to be astir; to rustle; to murmur
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
to break; to tear; to pierce; to split; to burst
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
abnormal phenomenon; anomaly
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
disaster; calamity; misfortune
unnatural phenomenon; strange happenings; haunting
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
true character; true heart; true spirit
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion