very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
notice; attention; observation
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
despite; in spite of; not worrying about; without fear of
hard-to-use space (in an apartment, etc.); dead space (artillery, etc.); (respiratory) dead space
close to the wall; alongside the wall
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
fortunately; luckily; thankfully
secondary sex characteristic
more than enough; more than ample; exhaustive
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
contemplation; meditation
cheerfully; spiritedly; vigorously; lively
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
intruder; invader; trespasser; raider
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
splash; spray; chance blow; by-blow; getting dragged into (a quarrel, etc.)
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
to follow another's example
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
even; flat; level; calm; peaceful; uneventful
tone (of voice); manner of talking
brimming with health (vigor, vigour); full of vitality; full of health
loveable; very likeable; like very much
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
not long has passed since ...
head; lead; vanguard; first