to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
make; manufacture; -made; made of ...; made in ...
doll; puppet; marionette; puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
convulsion; cramp; spasm; tic; twitch; fit
to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
very; greatly; extremely; exceedingly; highly; quite
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
(sense of) sight; eyesight; vision
weird; eerie; ominous; creepy; uncanny; unearthly
contradiction; inconsistency
blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end
failure (i.e. an unsuccessful work); flop; dud; bomb
shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
to roar; to thunder; to become well known; to become famous; to pound (of one's heart); to throb
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
existing (between); interposition; intervention; involvement
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
(breaking) with a snap (of a thread, string, etc.); (ending) suddenly (of a call, communications, etc.); piercing (e.g. with a needle); squashing (something small; e.g. an insect); breaking out (e.g. of a pimple)
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
accompanying (someone); going with; travelling together; the same bank; the said bank
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
to blow (on); to breathe (on); to pick (a fight); to provoke; to exaggerate; to ask (an unreasonable price)
to pass by; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it; to go too far
to jump down; to leap down; to jump off; to leap off
to attack and scatter; to argue vehemently
thanks; gratitude; appreciation; thankfulness
separate; respective; different
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at)
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)