elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
even though things may appear this way
encroachment; invasion; erosion (e.g. of market share, rights); erosion; corrosion
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
contact; touch; contact lens
expressive power; inventiveness; creative power
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
invincible; unrivaled; unrivalled; matchless; unbeatable; undefeatable
completely; entirely; all; in large amounts; a lot
careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
to give someone a surprise; to catch off guard and fluster; to frustrate (e.g. someone's plans); to give someone a blow; to scare the hell out of
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
unsightly; ungraceful; clumsy; awkward; unpresentable; unshapely
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
one's last moments; hour of death; death throes; agonies of death
pride of place; most prominent; top-ranking
ordinary; nothing special; nothing to exclaim over
hitting the target; striking home; proving to be right; coming true; being on the mark
miasma ("bad air" formerly believed to cause disease)
to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
from out of nowhere; from who knows where
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
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.)
fluent (in a language); flowing
remains; dregs; vestiges; remnant; residue
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
power; motive power; three-phase electricity
scattered; separated; dispersed
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
(one's) master; (one's) employer; leader (of a country, group, etc.); head; Lord; main thing
substantiation; materialization; materialisation; (specific to object language classes) instantiation
dense; thick; rich (flavour, colour, etc.); deep; strong (smell); heavy
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture