beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
state (of affairs); situation; appearance; look(s); sign; indication
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
lovely; sweet; pretty; cute; adorable
you could say; you might say; verging on the
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
to turn (towards); to face; to head to; to go towards; to allot; to allocate
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
reaction; response; physical reaction (to a stimulus); observable response (of an organism); reaction; effect
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
offender; criminal; culprit
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
laid-back; carefree; easygoing; thoughtless; happy-go-lucky
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
color; colour; color; character; coloring (one's hair); dyeing
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; intention; mind; mood
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
beginning; outset; first; onset
brown; light brown; tawny
to dye; to colour; to color
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness