pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (flyers, etc.); to give out; to shake off (a pursuer, companion, etc.); to give the slip
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
unimpressive; unimpressed
block (solid piece of material); chunk (e.g. of meat); concrete block; (interlocking) toy blocks; (printing) block; block (area of a city); blocking (e.g. the way)
several; a few; number; quantity; counting; calculation; number
to follow; to come along (with); to accompany; to come with (something); to follow as a result (of); to be incidental (to)
serious; grave; dignified; solemn
straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
to cease; to stop; to be over
to drop; to let fall; to omit
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
information discovery; disclosure of information
(with a) whizz; hiss; zip; easily; with ease
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
guarantor; surety; sponsor; reference; bondsman
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
negotiations; bargaining; discussions; connection; relationship; relations
release (of information, documents, etc.); disclosure; display; discovery
minus; subtraction; negative (number); deficit; loss; disadvantage; drawback
stock-still; motionless; frozen in place
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
along (a river, coast, railway, etc.); on (e.g. a street)
space; interval; space character; whitespace
invisibly; secretly; privately
intimidating air; sense of intimidation
willpower; energy; vitality
uprooting; pulling up (a plant) by the roots; eradicating; rooting out; all (destroyed, stolen, etc.); completely
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
with an extreme cold (i.e. temperature); lonelily; lonesomely; (acting) coldly (toward someone)
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
there being no use in arguing (about it); not up for discussion
to jerk one's chin; to nod toward; to point one's chin at