to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
getting (something); obtaining; scoring (goal, point, etc.)
fortuitous; luck; windfall; godsend; good fortune
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
looking someone in the eyes; taking a straight look at something
to comb down; to smooth down
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
standing on formality; in a reserved manner; treating a friend as a stranger; unduly distant; formal
to like; to prefer; to be pleased by
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to be sullen; to be offended; to be huffy; to be stuffy; to be stifling; to be muggy
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)
I got it; I see; I now know; So that's the reason
distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without
one by one; one each; one at a time
killing two birds with one stone
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
erasure; denial; obliteration; ignoring (an opinion)
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement
extremely gruesome; lurid; violent; bloody; fierce
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
inattention; absent-mindedness
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
to be dispirited; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to lose heart
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
misconstruction; distortion; misinterpretation; misunderstanding; perversion; contortion