succeeding; following; trailing; next
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
U-turn; returning home (after a vacation); returning to one's (rural) hometown (after having lived in a big city)
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
backward glance; sidelong glance; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
route; way; course; directions
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
flight; desertion; escape
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
disposal; scrapping; replacement; putting on the shelf; shelving
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements) (e.g. trembling, stepping quickly); gradual; bit by bit
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs
junction; crossroads; division point; parting of ways
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to pour into; to wash down; to insert (e.g. into a data stream)
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
unimpressive; unimpressed
blocking (e.g. the way); obstructing; block (lump of something (usu. square), area of town, etc.); block; physical record (e.g. on magnetic tape); concrete block; blocking (from view, esp. of websites, on social media, etc.)
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
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)