stars; the stars and planets; celestial bodies
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
end; extremity; limit; result; outcome; upshot
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
all; entire; whole; altogether
uncertain; indefinite; vague; ambiguous; equivocal; dubious
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
self-deprecating; self-mocking
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetence; ineffectiveness
very small; tiny; insignificant
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
at least; at most; (even) just
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
method; way; manner; process; procedure; means
word game; wordplay; playing with words
not factored in; not included in calculations; unaccounted for; unplanned for
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory
to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate
to drain; to pour; to float (e.g. logs down a river); to set adrift; to wash away; to carry away; to broadcast
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
to take back; to get back; to regain; to recover; to restore; to recoup
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
without; unacceptable; not alright; (arch.) nonexistent; (arch.) not being (there)
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
to squeeze out; to wring out
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to be surprised; to be bewildered; to be confused; to be flustered; to roll one's eyes up and down
soft; tender; gentle; mild; light (topic, book, etc.); informal
crossing; intersection; (genetic) crossing over