near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to
encouragement; spurring (on); cheering (on)
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
to scatter away; to vanish
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
internal conditions; true state of affairs
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
bad influence; negative influence
imagination; supposition; guess
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
the more I think about it; the more one thinks about it
to feel depressed; to be down
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
alone; unaided; away from home
to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
to look away (from); to avert one's gaze; to disregard; to ignore; to escape (from); to turn away (from)
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
to breathe while sleeping
deep sleep; sound sleep; profound sleep
owl (esp. the Ural owl, Strix uralensis)
to swoop down upon; to fly down; to alight
chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter