temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
hastily made; improvised preparation
surroundings; environs; circumference
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
all out; like hell; like crazy; desperately; (lit.) expecting to die
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
transactions; dealings; business
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
that day; the very same day
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
taking over; handing over; transfer of control; inheriting; passing on the baton
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
to say (something) over one's shoulder
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
to recall; to remember; to recollect
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
(period of) a year; during an era
surging waves; raging billows; turbulent; tempestuous; tumultuous
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
in comparison to; rather than
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying