amount of light; quantity of light
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence
ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
seriously; no kidding; joking aside; in all seriousness
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
value; worth; virtue; blessing
formidable enemy; strong enemy; tough enemy
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
to cross one's mind; to occur to one
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
sudden drop; sharp fall; nosedive; swoop
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
lightly; gaping wide; suddenly; unexpectedly
fall; drop; descent; coming down
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
pulverization; pulverisation; smashing; demolishing
to think; to use one's head; to exercise one's brains
desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
full use; extensive use; complete utilization
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
balloon (esp. small, toy variety); airship; blimp
game arcade; video arcade; penny arcade
beyond that point; after that
to swell; to expand; to inflate; to bulge
to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on
throwing in; inserting; investment; commitment (of funds, personnel, etc.); launching (a product into the market); introduction