show; display; pretensions; pose; posture
to be helpful; to be useful
but; however; even though; even if
to complain; to make a complaint
that's got nothing to do with me; that's none of my business; that doesn't involve me
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone
to knead well; to polish; to refine
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
one-by-one; separately; in detail
outsider's perspective; as seen by an observer
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 (of something); touch; texture; feeling; impression
puzzled; perplexed; quizzical; dubious; suspicious
point; dot; one point; one matter; one point (in a game, exam, etc.); one mark
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)
pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
before one's eyes; in one's presence; up close; personally
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
to be noisy; to be astir; to be abuzz; to be in commotion; to be aflutter; to be unsettled
taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative
(sense of) sight; eyesight; vision
innumerable; countless; numberless
to crawl out of; to creep out of
weird; eerie; ominous; creepy; uncanny; unearthly
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
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