falling heavily (of rain, snow, etc.)
to go to bed; to be sick in bed; to be laid up
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become hoarse; to become impure (of a heart, society, etc.); to be corrupted
dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
thin (e.g. air); diluted; sparse; lacking (e.g. empathy); deficient; insufficient (e.g. zeal)
to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)
cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
slide (for projection); transparency; (microscope) slide; to slide; to slip; to shift (e.g. a group of items in a schedule)
reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)
singing voice; (sound of) singing
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
first line (of a poem); first bars (of a melody)
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
remains; corpse; (dead) body
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
living thing; living creature; animal; life
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going
(dead) body; corpse; carcass; remains
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
end of life; death; annihilation
beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
to have something on someone; to catch someone out; to trip someone up; (lit.) to grab by the tail
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
peeling off (e.g. of paint); falling off (e.g. of tiles); exfoliation; desquamation; excoriation
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
to crack; to develop a crack
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
sculpture; carved statue; graven image