cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
clear; precise; definite; distinct
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
little by little; bit by bit
pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
to solicit; to demand; to extort
suddenly and in a loud voice (e.g. sobbing)
near; close by; within reach; familiar
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal (e.g. to the public); to urge; to exhort
wild; violent; rough-mannered; rough (e.g. work); crude; coarse
amount of force (required to do something); (using the) right amount of force; appropriate use of force
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
to reach a situation about which nothing can be done
conviction; belief; confidence
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
not limited to; not just ...
coma; deep sleep; falling fast asleep
not yet known; unknown; strange
aimlessly; by chance; accidentally; casually; suddenly; unexpectedly
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
to cross one's mind; to be reminded
witnessing; observing; sighting
to flash (e.g. lightning); to flicker; to flutter (e.g. flag); to wave; to flash into one's mind (e.g. an idea); to come to one suddenly
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture
information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing
to pay no heed to; to not care about; to take no notice of
at this stage; at this point; (only) now
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
to whirl; to eddy; to swirl; to whirl around (of feelings, thoughts, etc.); to swirl around; to surge
to run about; to rush about
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
bad condition; poor condition; disorder; failure; rupture; breakdown (e.g. of negotiations)
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
runaway trip; journey of escape; flight from the world
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
absurd; nonsensical; preposterous
people; men and women; each person; everybody