to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
doorknob; door knob; door handle
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
to put one's strength into
to slide into; to slip into
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
going backward; turning back; backtracking; regression; retrogression; relapse
to cross the line; to go too far
at once; immediately; right now
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling
space; room; space (between letters, words, etc.); space (piece of type); (outer) space
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via
party (social gathering); party (group of people participating in an activity, esp. mountain climbing); (political) party
low table; table with very short legs
open; spacious; extensive
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
lived-in feel (e.g. of a room); sense of life; hints of daily life
private property; personal belongings; personal effects
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
vacant room; vacancy; unoccupied room; empty room
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; part-timer
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
there is nothing; having nothing
opposite side; other side
to notice; to realize; to be attentive; to be scrupulous; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses)
bedmaking (at a hotel, etc.)