first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
fantastic; magical; wondrous; whimsical; fairytale-like; romantic
one's eyes; (pair of) eyes
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
to break; to tear; to pierce; to split; to burst
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
having said that; on the other hand
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
surface of a board or record
possession; retention; maintenance
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
if it is the case that ...
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
in succession; one by one
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax
breaking down; defeating; abolishing