ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
artificiality; pretence; contrived act; commission (of a crime); feasance
gradually; slowly but steadily
to become covered in moss; to become mossy; to grow over with moss; to become aged; to grow old
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
to rub; to scrub; to repeatedly reuse (a joke, a topic of conversation, etc.); to milk; to mash (a button); to spam (a move)
to hang over; to cover; to lie over; to fall on one's shoulders; to become one's responsibility; to become a burden
glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly
pathological; morbid; unhealthy; diseased; unwholesome; abnormal
impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; presence; appeal
involuntarily; instinctively; without realizing; unconsciously
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe
trembling (with fear, cold, etc.); shaking; chattering (of teeth); coming loose; wobbling
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
walking briskly; determinedly
desperately; for one's dear life
to pick out (with the fingers); to pull out; to throw out (e.g. of a bar); to drag out; to chuck out
to coil around; to twine around; to cling (to); to follow around; to hang around
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to peel off and fall; to flake away
to catch one's attention; to catch one's ear; to be annoying to one's ear
to spread (of a rumour, news, etc.); to travel; to be handed down (from generation to generation); to be passed down; to be introduced (to a country, region, etc.); to be brought; to be conveyed (of a feeling, impression, etc.)
numbness; going to sleep (of a limb); pins and needles
trudging (along); plodding; slowly and with heavy steps
how many people; a number of people
at that time; in those days
for example; for instance; e.g.
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
divorce; dissolution of adoption
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch