seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting
danger; peril; hazard; risk
to keep away; to keep at a distance
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
to be too late; to be too slow
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
to choke; to have trouble breathing
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome
ordinary citizen; the general public
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
to invade; to raid; to infringe; to encroach; to harm; to afflict
phantom; vision; illusion
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
always; forever; very; greatly (esp. of hopes and desires)
curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing