small-sized; small-scale; miniature; small; little; tiny
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
pause; interval; distance; range; suitable time; appropriate opportunity
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
to dwell (in); to exist (within); to stay (at); to stop (at); to be in the womb (of an unborn child); to be part of a constellation
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
quiver; quaver; flutter; statistical fluctuation
stagnation; deposit; sediment; faltering; hesitation; pause
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
to shorten one's life (through hardship, etc.); to hasten one's death
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to hesitate to; to waver; to be hesitant about
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
heavy heartbeat; thumping; pounding
greeting; a fine thing to say
to pound (e.g. heart); to pulse (e.g. vein); to pulsate
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon); trace
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
to take the form (of); to assume a shape
to shake; to sway; to rock; to become unstable; to become unsettled; to be shaken
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
upper half of the body; upper body
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to go out for a while
to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
mask; disguise; guise; mask
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained