substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
standing signboard; billboard; hoarding
fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress
work-in-progress; working state
No Entry; No Trespassing; No Admittance; off-limits; restricted; forbidden
limits; boundary; domain; area (e.g. in programming languages)
according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states
entry; approach; penetration
stairs; stairway; staircase
cold; chill; cold weather; cold wave; cold air
chill; the shivers; shivering fit; cold; coldness; cold air
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
cellar; cave; hole in the ground
thereupon; shortly thereafter
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
to step on (a nail); to run (a nail) through one's foot; to put one's foot through (the floor)
to jump (out of the way); to jump back; to jump aside
to push aside; to brush aside
to look around; to survey
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
to make sure of; to ascertain; to confirm; to grasp
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
to crawl out of; to creep out of
semi-transparent; translucent
unearthly; otherworldly; out of this world; ethereal
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
primordial; fundamental; basic; primitive
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
to continue to increase; to continue to mount
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
increase; multiplication; propagation; proliferation
to flare up; to burst into flames
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
to pin down; to immobilize; to immobilise; to control; to suppress