to turn towards; to point
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
up and down, left and right; top and bottom, left and right
surroundings; environs; circumference
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
main cause; primary factor
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
continuation; succession; series
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
back street; back alley; off-street
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
light and darkness; light and shade
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
instant; moment; for an instant
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation
to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different
to be cut out for (e.g. a job); to be suited (to)
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
coincident with; while; simultaneously
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
appearance; shape; form; atmosphere; look; feel
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid