tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); destruction; annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling on appeal); quashing
intonation; accent; modulation; inflection
departure; departing from ...; sent from ...; (a letter, etc.) dated ...; counter for engines (on an aircraft); counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
there; the spot; the place; then and there; on the spot; immediately
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
to freeze (to something); to be frozen (to); to freeze hard; to freeze completely
of course; certainly; naturally
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
dumbfounded; speechless; flabbergasted; struck dumb with astonishment
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to stare (at); to gaze (at); to look hard (at); to watch intently; to fix one's eyes (on)
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
movement (of one's body); moving about; stirring; acting freely; doing as one pleases
chirp; twitter; warble; whale tongue
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb; produced at an unorthodox location
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
tranquil; calm; quiet; mild (weather); balmy
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first
to come to one's senses; to calm down
neighbour to the left (person, building, etc.)
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
kingfisher (esp. the common kingfisher, Alcedo atthis)
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
grace; refinement; elegance; daintiness
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
impatience; irritation; frustration; fretfulness
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
with a bang (clash, bump)
to stand up; to get up; to recover; to regain one's energy; to (stand up and) take action; to rise up (against); to rise (from a crouch) and make the initial charge
myself; yourself; I; me; you
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement