true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
dignity; eminent; high ranking; high-order (digit, bit, etc.)
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
cross (for crucifixion); the Cross (of Christ)
to taper to a point; to become pointed; to become sharp; to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge
eyetooth; cuspid; canine (tooth); dogtooth
(musical) time; tempo; beat; the moment; the instance; chance
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
with a shiver (down one's spine); with a sudden chill
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
to have gooseflesh (e.g. from cold or horror)
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)
to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
coincident with; while; simultaneously
final; eventual; ultimate
(not) by any means; (not) for anything; wouldn't do for anything; had enough; flatly refusing
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
cliff edge; edge of a precipice; perilous position; critical moment; brink
nature; property; disposition
to subsist; to keep on living
grasp; catch; understanding
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
to accomplish; to finish; to fulfill
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
acting as agent; acting on (someone's) behalf; executing business for
not worth considering; out of the question
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
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
the reverse; other side; lining