putting into operation; invocation
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis
evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
to pound (e.g. heart); to pulse (e.g. vein); to pulsate
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
weekend; Saturday and Sunday
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
that; the matter in question
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
meaning; significance; sense
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
it is not (like that) either
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
to take someone's life; to kill someone
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act