I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
to become dim; to become blurred
desperately; for one's dear life
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
something; nothing (with neg. verb)
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation (photography); fixing
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
bubble; foam; froth; head on beer
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
bubble on surface of liquid; ephemeral; transient
town; city; municipal; urban
group; bunch; crowd; group
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
declaration; indication; representation; manifestation; demonstration; expression
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
that is to say; so that means
to wash away; to rinse off
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
woman; female; feminine gender
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light