(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
valley floor; bottom of a gorge; bottom of a ravine
imagination; supposition; guess
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
forwarding; sending on; redirecting (e.g. mail); deadheading (e.g. train); (train) returning to the station
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
to pass each other; to cross paths
had better ...; had better not ...
from here; from this place
concealment; hiding; covering up; suppression
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon); trace
to creep up to; to approach stealthily; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
there is nothing; having nothing
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
request for a police search; application to the police to search for a missing person
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; by the way
and then; and so; and; so then
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
in succession; one by one
to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern
dry riverbed; river beach
impact; shock; impulse; (psychological) shock
to be heard; to be audible; to sound (like); to come across (as); to be well known; to be famous
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
to stick (to); to cling (to); to adhere (to); to stay (in a place); to stick close (to someone); to follow (someone) around
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante