to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
together (with); at the same time; in one lump; in the same category
to live (on, by, etc.); to lead a life; to make a living; to earn a livelihood; to spend one's time (doing); to pass one's days (doing)
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable
shape; form; appearance; style; state; situation
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
expresses displeasure or disapproval; just from (doing); simply by
(with) only the clothes one happens to wear; (with) only the clothes on one's back; (still) wearing the same clothes as before (e.g. before falling asleep)
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
is that so?; I see; right; oh
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
ground; earth's surface; land; lot; plot
to shake; to sway; to rock; to become unstable; to become unsettled; to be shaken
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
unexpected; surprising; unanticipated; strange; unforeseen
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
while; even though; despite
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
people; men and women; each person; everybody
state (of affairs); situation; appearance; look(s); sign; indication
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to go out for a while