flour; meal; powder; dust
smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
calm; graceful; quiet; mellow; damp; moist
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
question; inquiry; enquiry
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
(being) over capacity; overloading; overbooking
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
ago; since; before; previous
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to grow up; to become an adult
perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance
to begin some form of lifestyle
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times
how long; how much; to what extent
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
seductive; carnal; troubling; difficult; anxious; uneasy
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
to need; to call for; to require
to settle down (and deal with something); to concentrate all one's energy (on something); to settle oneself (in a place); to settle down (somewhere); to take a solid stance; to lower one's center of gravity (centre)
withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal
pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
energy; vigour; vigor; liveliness; spirit; life
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
to raise one's voice; to shout