if (it) doesn't exist; if there is no ...; if not ...; unless ...; have to ...; must ...
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; viciously beating; hitting and kicking repeatedly
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
lack; deficiency; vacancy; absence; non-attendance
moss; short plants resembling moss (incl. other bryophytes, lichens, very small spermatophytes, etc.)
tank (of fluid); cistern; vat; tank (military vehicle)
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for
branch road; forked road; branch; crossroads (of a course of events); turning point; parting of the ways
blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end
branch road; branch path; fork road
average (ability, looks, etc.); ordinary; normal; run-of-the-mill
not worth mentioning; nothing special; nothing in particular; no notable ...
direction (of a play, film, etc.); production; organization (of an event); arrangement; staging (for effect)
dark red; dark brown; reddish brown
spots; speckles; mottles; speckled; spotted
uninhabited area; acting inhumanly; inhuman person; nonhuman life (usu. sentient)
to flap (hands, feet, wings); to thrash around; to flail
spine; backbone; spinal column
to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
withdrawal symptoms; abstinence syndrome
container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in
to stand on end (of hair)
to come back (to); to return to a starting point
(looking) over the top of one's glasses; (looking) through a pair of glasses
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together
a particular; a certain; that kind of; such a
incorrect collating; pages out of order
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
writing; composition; essay; sentence
having served one's purpose; being finished (with); business settled
(exaggerated) professing to be; passing oneself off as
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!