quick pace; quick steps; quick march; trot (horse gait)
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
silence; stillness; quietness
silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
innocent; cherubic; childlike
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam
to breathe heavily (e.g. with much movement of the shoulders)
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
trembling (with fear, cold, etc.); shaking; chattering (of teeth); coming loose; wobbling
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up straight; to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around
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
bloodthirsty killer; cold-blooded murderer; homicidal maniac
to let something (or somebody) go past; to do too much
to shelter (e.g. a fugitive); to harbour; to harbor; to hide; to give refuge to
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
by all rights; legally speaking; properly speaking
to yell out loud; to shout loudly; to cry aloud; to scream loudly
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
notice; attention; observation
to collect; to assemble; to gather
to realize; to realise; to hit upon something
to meet somebody by chance; to happen upon
preconception; preconceived notion; prejudice
junction; crossroads; division point; parting of ways
sea of blood; pool of blood
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
mule (animal); mule (women's footwear); spinning mule; Compton's mule