beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
strategy meeting; council of war
lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion
beyond; across; the other side; the distance
slaughter (of animals for meat); butchery
whispering; murmuring; subdued
acid reflux; bile reflux; pyrosis; gloating; gratification; satisfaction
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
with a snap; with a bang; with a plonk; suddenly; all of a sudden
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper
to fall on one's backside
stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
array; muster; line-up; full force
normalcy; normality; normal
thought; consideration; thinking
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation
(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away
slimy; slippery; greasy; smoothly (of CGI movements, video streaming, etc.)
tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
(dead) body; corpse; carcass; remains
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
to break; to tear; to pierce; to split; to burst
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears