slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
per-capita division; division according to the number of people
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
large hole; big deficit; heavy losses; long-shot win (in horse racing, etc.); big winnings (on a long shot)
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
to be noisy (e.g. from people talking); to be discomposed (e.g. feelings)
taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative
innumerable; countless; numberless
to crawl out of; to creep out of
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
to turn round; to face about; to turn about
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at
irregularity; unsteadiness; disorderly
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
nod; inclination of the head