to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
to build; to construct; to erect; to build up (a reputation, position, fortune, etc.); to establish (a relationship, household, tradition, etc.); to lay (a foundation)
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
minus; subtraction; negative (number); deficit; loss; disadvantage; drawback
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)
to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
sudden; abrupt; unexpected
direct talks; direct negotiations; talking to someone in person
at the very beginning of one's speech; immediately upon opening one's mouth (to speak); before anything else; first of all
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
to jump over; to leap over; to fly over; to fly across; to jump ahead (of someone); to skip over
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
perspiration given off during sleep; sweating while sleeping; night sweats
palpitation (of the heart); pounding; throbbing; thumping
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless
to sense; to perceive; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
imagination; supposition; guess
crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)
to grimace; to make a wry face; to contort one's face
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to; all of a sudden
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
lucid dream; dream in which the dreamer is aware that they are dreaming
intuition; instinct; hunch