to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
featureless (face); expressionless; flat; flat (terrain); smooth
even; flat; level; calm; peaceful; uneventful
monotony; monotone; dullness; monotone; monotonic
series (of something); range (e.g. of mountains)
activity; action; occupation; business; sexual intercourse; sex
innumerable; countless; numberless
enumeration; citation; listing
miserable; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; downhearted; dreary
surface of the earth; ground surface
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
paralysis; palsy; numbness; stupor
end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle
sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
inherent flavor; inherent flavour; natural taste; distinctive characteristic (of a person, work, etc.); peculiar quality; special ability
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
far away in the distance; in the far distance
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
all over (the place); throughout; everywhere; every inch; every part; from head to toe
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
fiction; fabrication; concoction; fictitious; fictional; imaginary
falsehood and truth; fiction and fact
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
labyrinth; maze; mystery; dungeon
squash (drink); squash (sport)
making-of; behind-the-scenes; making; creating
due form; official; formality
character; personality; (fictional) character; letter; character
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)