look of amazement; looking dumbfounded
leaving; quitting; retiring
devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
proposal; offer; request; application
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
reservation; putting on hold; deferment
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
side gate; side door; service entrance
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
edge of town; outskirts of a village
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
beginning; outset; first; onset
scene; spectacle; sight; view
guest room (at a hotel); guest cabin (on a boat); passenger cabin (on a plane); drawing room
soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); (arch.) absent-mindedly
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
luxurious; magnificent; extravagant; sumptuous
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
behind; in the rear; in back
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders