difficult to ...; hard to ...
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
simmer; bubble out; flow out
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
way out; means to escape; escape route
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
eyetooth; cuspid; canine (tooth); dogtooth
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
to slap; to strike; to spank
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
quickly, in a bouncing way (e.g. for a bow)
to (dramatically) fall over; to fall flat
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
suddenly (appear, stick out); abruptly; (stand) still and expressionless; imposingly; suddenly (stand up)
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
breath; breathing; tone; mood
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life