agreement; affirmative; aye; yes; OK
light (e.g color, fabric); faint; somehow; kind of; scarce; slim
firm; strong; solid; stable
now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
deadlock; standstill; stalemate; impasse; standoff
naked eye; the physical eye
morning glow; sunrise colors; sunrise colours
diffuse reflection; diffused reflection; irregular reflection
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
shadow picture; silhouette; shadowgraph
to surge like an avalanche; to flood; to swarm; to stampede
to mesh (of gears, cogs, etc.); to engage with each other; to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength; to mesh
to be contrary; to run counter (to); to conflict (with); to disagree (with)
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
retreat; withdrawal; retirement
drying up; running dry; running out; being exhausted; being drained
pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after
to investigate thoroughly; to examine closely; to probe into; to be obsessed with a thought; to brood over; to worry about
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
official announcement; proclamation; issuance (of an order, ordinance, or warning)
by the way; incidentally; well; even if; no matter (what, where, how, etc.)
to eat up and spoil (e.g. crops); to eat away; to eat a bit of everything; to encroach upon; to take over
continuation; continuance; maintenance; persistence; going on
longing; strong desire; aspiration
to bend by twisting; to twist; to contort; to distort (e.g. the truth); to twist (e.g. someone's words)
landing; alighting; touch down
mechanization; mechanisation
a short time ago; a while ago; for some time
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation
paralysis; palsy; numbness; loss of sensation; standstill; state of paralysis
outside a plane; outboard
stratagem; artifice; trick; ruse; scheme; tactics
origin; beginning; genesis; primeval; primordial; primitive