effect; efficacy; validity; potency
to pay attention; to be watchful
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
abuse; misuse; perversion
research; study; investigation
to pass each other; to cross paths
complete change; about-face
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
to be muffled; to be mumbled; to be muttered
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
several people; a few people
focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving
illusion; fallacy; delusion
substitute (actor); stand-in; fill-in; understudy; double
broken into small fragments; smashed to atoms; fragments and splinters; smithereens
graceful; willowy; lissome; soft and tender
inferiority complex; sense of inferiority
gentle; mild; meek; tender
refined; elegant; graceful; classic
pressure; oppression; suppression
vermiculation; peristalsis; crawling like a worm
revolution; rotation; turning; turning (an aircraft or ship)
to hold; to carry; to embrace (in one's arms)
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
to read (someone's) thoughts; to guess what (someone) is thinking
summer sky; summery weather; clear, blazing summer weather
dizziness (from standing up too fast); orthostatic syncope; lightheadedness; vertigo
to retaliate; to return a blow; to strike back (at); to retort
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
to lie down; to throw oneself down
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to go out for a while
(in) the air; midair; sky
to fly through the air; to hurtle through the air; to strike at something and miss; to fan the air
artifact; relic (of a past civilization); relic (of a former age); vestige of a bygone era; anachronism; outdated thing