expressive power; inventiveness; creative power
reality; actuality; hard fact
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
coming to a head; coming to the surface; becoming an issue; breaking
matter of time; question of time
midway; halfway through; in the course of
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
having many difficulties in store; grim prospects
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
don't worry; no worries; never mind
near; close; beside; third person
dead of night (when even the trees and plants sleep)
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
tall figure; high stature
suit (clothing); suit (playing cards)
clicking; clopping; clacking
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
start of a sentence, phrase, etc.
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
possible; likely; probable
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
movie (film, screen) actor or actress
two (long cylindrical things)
to extend; to expand; to spread out
under one's eyes; below one's eyes
night view; night skyline; nightscape
strongest ever; most powerful in history
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)