dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
high-rise building; tower block; skyscraper
patching (clothing); darning; cobbling together (other people's writings, thoughts, etc.); gathering
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
to mix with; to be mixed; to be mingled
naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
the whole area; all areas
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
to shave off; to scrape off
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
simultaneous; all at once
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
one color; one colour; one article; same tendency; everyone being caught up in the same thing
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
mayfly; ephemeropteran; ephemerality (of human life)
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
removal (e.g. of a building); dismantling (e.g. a tent); striking (e.g. a stage set); withdrawal (of troops); evacuation; retreating
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
laser; Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
to blow off; to be blown off
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
to collapse (physically or emotionally); to fall down
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
strong interaction; strong force
to grasp back; to squeeze back; to grab back
senti (one hundredth of a Tanzanian shilling)
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)