sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
to creep about; to crawl around
mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray
anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
even more; still more; one step; one rung; one paragraph; one passage
to step firmly (on); to harden by treading
brutal (atmosphere, society, etc.); savage; fierce; violent; bloodthirsty; stark
division; section; compartment; block; plot; lot
division; splitting; sharing; distribution; draw; tie
tenant (usu. office block, shopping center, etc.)
completely empty (of a residence, etc.); vacant; body from which the soul has left; corpse; shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)
empty; hollow; bare; main hall of a temple (often vast and empty)
rubble; debris; wreckage; trash; rubbish
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
black suit; mourning clothes; black-suited staff member (e.g. in restaurant, sex establishment, etc.)
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
maze; labyrinth; inner ear
to divide; to separate; to partition; to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud)
to throw away; to abandon
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
intimidating air; sense of intimidation
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
guidance; leadership; leading the way
scenery; scene; landscape
complete change; about-face
president's office; director's office
meaning; tenor; effect; influence; appearance; aspect
light (e.g color, fabric); faint; somehow; kind of; scarce; slim
to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay
skull (esp. weatherbeaten, used as symbol of death); death's head; cranium
to be bony; to be angular
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
partly open; in half bloom
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation