waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening
in the end; at the end of the day
to break on the shore and retreat (of a wave)
useless; worthless; absurd; baloney
to wake (someone) up (by calling for them); to awaken; to call (to mind); to bring back (memories); to evoke
tendency; trend; inclination
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
characteristic; traditional; peculiar; inherent; native; eigen-
revelation; manifestation; appearance; expression (e.g. in molecular biology; protein expression or gene expression)
makings (of); aptitude; talent; nature; character; temperament
granted that; even if; even though
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
to become stronger; to grow in intensity; to grow violent; to invite contributions, etc.; to solicit help, participation, etc.; to recruit (e.g. soldiers)
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes
irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
overlooking; turning a blind eye
to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
indicate reason; infers some protest
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
lucid dream; dream in which the dreamer is aware that they are dreaming
in order to do; for the purpose of doing
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
naturally; not surprisingly; it should be appreciated that; understandably; as a matter of course; as is obvious
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
turbidity; cloudiness (of a liquid); opacity; disorder; chaos
bad-feeling; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross; disgusting
memory; sense; experience