to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
to open (one's eyes) wide
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
to screw up (one's face); to scrunch up; to pucker up; to furrow (one's brow); to wrinkle
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
to be hard (to do); to be difficult; to require much effort; to be laborious; to be backbreaking; to have trouble (doing)
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
process; course; mechanism
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
beginning; outset; first; onset
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
calmly; quietly; gently; be quiet!
to shake; to sway; to rock; to become unstable; to become unsettled; to be shaken
solitude; loneliness; isolation
aloof; proudly independent; standing apart; solitary
of all people; a person of ...'s standing
how (beautiful, tasty, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
suddenly; all of a sudden; unexpectedly
to make a speech; to address
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
agglomeration; clumping together; cohesion (of ions, etc.); flocculation (of colloidal particles); agglutination
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to be soluble (in); to be used up (of money or time); to be wasted
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
shades of night; night scene
overcoat; greatcoat; cloak; wrap; mantle
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
long hair (usu. of a man)
round frame glasses; round-lensed eyeglasses