eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
miserable; wretched; lonely; dreary; shabby; comfortless
solitude; loneliness; isolation
to squash; to crush; to flatten
always; constantly; frequently; often; nonstop
falling asleep; going to sleep
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
middle of the night; dead of night
to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
secret; private; surreptitious
apprehensions; misgivings; uneasiness; anxiety; fear
mourning; (arch.) calamity; (arch.) misfortune
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
to be exhausted; to be tired out
reopening; resumption; restarting
to be distracted from feelings of depression, boredom, tension, etc.
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
in truth; in actuality; at heart; the truth; the real story
to whine; to make feeble complaints
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
regular; well-regulated; systematic; orderly
breathing of a sleeping person
stealthy steps; soft steps
bed; berth; crib; cot; kip; bedroom
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
barefoot; superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement)
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
pale; pallid; bluish-white
pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
remains; corpse; (dead) body
to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise; to purge; to ward off
in succession; one by one