near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with
evaporation; disappearance (of people intentionally concealing their whereabouts); unexplained disappearance
heavy heartbeat; thumping; pounding
(cross) section (e.g. in a drawing); cutting plane
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to whine; to sing; to chirp
main cause; primary factor
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)
cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
to choke; to be choked (by); to sob convulsively
puddle of blood; pool of blood
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; a kick
to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
having said that; on the other hand
to expose to danger; to imperil; to jeopardize
sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity
with a shiver (down one's spine); with a sudden chill
to have gooseflesh (e.g. from cold or horror)
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
of the time; at the time; of the hour; in vogue; sought after
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure