to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
to come to the point; to get straight to the point; to speak frankly; to speak plainly; to talk straight
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
underground; subterranean
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
blind spot (on the retina); blind spot; weak point; loophole
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
practice; practising; experience
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
inexperienced; unfamiliar (with); unversed; lacking experience
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
surroundings; environs; circumference
being watchful; keeping watch; keeping an eye open
pretending to respect someone while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving the batter an "intentional walk"
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
battlefield; battleground
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
to make a display of one's originality (eccentricity); to deliberately act oddly (e.g. to get attention)
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
to take a breath; to take a short rest
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over something; pondering
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
there's nothing that doesn't exist; there's nothing we (I, he, she, etc.) don't have; nonexistent; not in one's possession
reliable; dependable; trustworthy; sure