stillness; silence; quiet; hush; calm; serenity
not to mention ...; needless to say ...; not to speak of ...; (arch.) negligent; (arch.) neglectful; (arch.) careless
dead center; (right in the) middle; midst; midst (e.g. of a storm); heyday; (the) height (e.g. of a debate)
make; manufacture; -made; made of ...; made in ...
thoughtlessly; rashly; unwisely; halfway; half-done; incomplete
calmly; quietly; gently; be quiet!
stern expression; severe expression; grim expression
meaning; connotation; denotation
sound of a gunshot; report of a gun
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
immediately; right away; on the spot
to hide; to conceal; to lower volume (of a sound or one's voice) so as not to be heard; to become quiet and inconspicuous
silence; stillness; quietness
half; 50%; 5 parts; 5%; equality; equal footing
accumulation; accumulate; store
to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to be promoted
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
in the end; after all is said and done
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
nervousness; oversensitivity
keyboard (of a piano, typewriter, etc.)
very low frequency sound; heavy bass sound; low-register sound
I feel that ...; I feel as though ...; I have a feeling that ...; I have the impression that ...; I think that ...
toes; tips of the toes; toe of a shoe, sock, etc.
cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence
viscous; mushy; muddy; dirty (with oil, grease, etc.); to be in an ugly state (of emotions, relations, etc.); to be murky
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to be soluble (in); to be used up (of money or time); to be wasted
to sink (into); to get depressed
appalling; horrifying; dreadful; hideous; revolting; disgusting
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
to point down; to look down; to get worse; to begin to fall (e.g. of a price)
to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside
to throw oneself (e.g. off a cliff, etc.)
explosion; detonation; blast; outburst (of emotion); explosion (e.g. of anger); eruption (e.g. of discontent)
to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
stone; rock; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); (round) game piece
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard