to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
to grow light; to become white; to turn grey (gray)
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
beyond; across; the other side; the distance
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to grow up; to become an adult
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
one in a million (chance, etc.); one in ten thousand; in the unlikely event that
impossible; unlikely; improbable
trial product; prototype model
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
place; room; margin; scope
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to
close investigation; careful examination; scrutiny
to be found; to be discovered
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
contemplation; meditation
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
tool; implement; means; furniture
cenotaph; memorial monument
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
to lurk; to hover in the background; to be coiled up; to stretch tortuously
to rush out from one's mouth (words, phrases, etc.)
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
stock-still; motionless; frozen in place
just one person; only one
bad condition; not to work out (i.e. a deal); disagreement; break-off; disorder; slump
daybreak; dawn; gray of the morning (grey); dawn (of a new age)
dawn; daybreak; first light of day; first indication; glimpse; gleam
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat; to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds
to be pleased with; to suit