to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
middle of the night; dead of night
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
daytime; during the day; Japan and China
chilly; unpleasantly cold
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
thick growth of plants; plantation; shrubbery; thicket
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
to get on well with (someone)
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
fragment; scrap; piece; shred
to return a favor (favour); to repay
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
wildly different (in ability, strength, etc.); on another level; in a different league; of different heights; uneven
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
female high-school student
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
(much) more than others; exceedingly; extremely; unusually
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
truancy; school non-attendance
secret; private; surreptitious
to pile up; to accumulate
one by one; one each; one at a time
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, handicap, etc.); overcoming; bringing under control; subjugation; victory over
blank space (in documents); vacuum; blank; void
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
in the same way as; just like
just one person; only one