reaffirmation; reconfirmation; revalidation
story; tale; talk; discussion
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
careful; thorough; meticulous; scrupulous
measurement error; calculation error
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
scattering; diffusion; spread (e.g. signal across the spectrum)
moving (location, with the times, etc.); change; metastasis; spread; transition (e.g. phase transition); transfer (of learning)
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
to throw into; to toss into
expectation; assume will happen; forecast
pretending not to recognize (recognise); feigned ignorance
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
observatory; observation post
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
reverse thrust; retrofiring; sudden mental derangement
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
how long; how far; how much
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to become distant; to recede
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
to be tear-stained; to have one's face covered with tears
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
change of schedule; schedule change
to shut in; to confine; to contain
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
loudly (flinging open a door); with a clatter; with a crash (e.g. of a falling structure); completely (change); utterly; louvre window (door, vent, etc.)
to press a question; to cross-examine