hustle and bustle; throng; crowd; congestion; traffic jam
small stream; brooklet; murmuring (as of a stream)
pace; speed; pitch (distance between evenly spaced things, e.g. gear teeth); spacing; pitch (of a sound); pitch; pitching
nicely; properly; frequently; often; how (could you); why (would you)
good (condition); going well; fine; smooth
way of talking; speaking style
with intense concentration; eagerly; intently; devouringly
to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind
knowing; being aware (of); (an) acquaintance
to begin shooting; to shoot out
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round
to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken
disk; disc; disk (storage); disc
to get involved (with); to begin (with); to have a hand (in)
even further; and then some; even more
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
to see through to the finish; to be seen to the end
travel voucher; travel coupon
term of validity; expiration date (of medicine, credit card, etc.)
very young; childish; immature
blockage; blockade; blocking up; stoppage; obstruction; occlusion
good; goodness; right; virtue
adaptation; accommodation; conforming; acclimatization; acclimatisation
irradiation; radiation; beaming; exposure (to light); illumination
glass sphere; glass bead; glass marble
place to go; person to turn to; person to depend on
with a clink; with a tap; with a click; instantly (fall asleep)
gravitational sphere (of a celestial body); gravitational field
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
important point; point to check; point not to miss; checkpoint
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times
in a subdued voice; in undertones; in a whisper; in a mumble; in a murmur
(staring) piercingly; (looking) hard
roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open
blackish; darkish; dark; dusky
to fall into ruin; to become dilapidated; to become run-down; to become desolate; to be badly neglected