grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly
town area; urban area; metropolitan area; built-up area
to fall off; to tumble down
after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
three-cornered hat; tricorne
Gothic (style); Gothic (typeface)
pitch; tone; time; tempo; mood; tendency
oh!; dear me; my goodness; well well; I say
story; tale; talk; discussion
wild; uninhibited; extravagant; rampant
sister (sibling); (Catholic) sister; sister (female partner in a homosexual relationship)
creator; inventor; developer
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
had better ...; had better not ...
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep
dark clouds; black clouds
to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)
expectation; assume will happen; forecast
swing (of a golf club, tennis racket, etc.); swing (boxing); swing
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
electricity; (electric) light
pivot; vital point; cornerstone; Japanese photinia
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off
to clear away; to clear land; to prune; to lop off
repeated blows; striking repeatedly; barrage; consecutive hits (e.g. boxing, baseball)
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
cross; crossing; intersecting; cross (soccer)
offset; offsetting each other; cancelling each other out; set-off; setoff
torrent; rapid stream; violently rushing stream
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
review (of learned material); revision
incarnation; impersonation; personification; avatar
to shut out; to bar; to lock out; to exclude
at the same time; concurrently; simultaneously; coinciding (with)
to talk; to chatter; to tell (e.g. secrets)