hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
gap; opening; spare moment; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
to dig through; to drill into; to excavate
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
just because; even if; even though
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
floating ball of fire (said to be the soul of a dead person); meteor; shooting star
pale; pallid; bluish-white
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
how many people; a number of people
grown man; grown woman; grown-up person; sensible person
escape; getting away (from); getting out (of); prolapse; proptosis
Japanese and Chinese poetry; poetry; poems
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless
stairs; stairway; staircase
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
to become frightened; to get scared; to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to get cold feet
unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky
grumbling; muttering; complaining; moaning
with these words; while saying
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
cool; calm; composed; all right; fine; OK
to see well in the dark; to have good night vision
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
floatingly; driftingly; softly; gently; restlessly; uncertainly