to open (one's eyes) wide
old woman; joker (in old maid)
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
huge rock; firmness; solidity
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
orbit; trajectory; (railroad) track; (right) track; proper course
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
to get late; to advance; to wear on
people; men and women; each person; everybody
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
to keep standing; to stand motionless
serious look (on one's face); straight face
taking no notice (of); showing no interest (in); paying no attention (to); ignoring completely
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
tedious talk; impertinent talk; repetitious talk; saucy speech; pretentious statement
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
to follow (a road, path, etc.); to trace; to follow (a clue, scent, tracks, plot, etc.); to trace (a route, history, family tree, etc.); to head towards (of a situation); to go in the direction of
(game pieces, soldiers, etc.) under one's control
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
peaceful; quiet; uneventful
hundred million; 100,000,000; 10^8
one Nth part (e.g. one fifth, one tenth); one out of N
probability; likelihood; chances
bold; shameless; cheeky; brash; impudent
back seat (of a car); rear seat
to climb over; to get over; to overcome (a difficulty, obstacle, etc.); to surmount; to surpass (a predecessor); to overtake
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
to turn up (hem, sleeves, etc.); to fold back (e.g. a page); to turn back; to double back; to enter (the second half; e.g. of a match); to do immediately (e.g. call back, answer an email)
acceleration; speeding up
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash