to take a breath; to take a short rest
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
to hide; to conceal oneself
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay
deciding first; settling (a matter) first; first priority
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
to scatter away; to vanish
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
turning sideways; landscape orientation
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
disconnection; interruption; burn-out
electricity; (electric) light
to hang (something) on the wall
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
to rise; to erect; to get up
word root (the smallest portion of a larger word that holds meaning)
side (of the torso); flank; illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
(musical) time; tempo; beat; the moment; the instance; chance
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
until now; so far; up to the present
the place for; the time for; the level of
to look around; to survey
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light