is something that; is that which
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
discovery; detection; finding
to chuckle to oneself; to gloat (over)
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
in the meanwhile; during the time
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
worry; fear; anxiety; concern
we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual
instant; moment; (split) second; (in a) flash; (in the) blink of an eye
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
aviation; flight; flying; to fly; to take a flight
diversion (action meant to attract attention away from the real objective); feint
catchers who warm up pitchers in the bullpen; tank (character that soaks up damage for the rest of the party in an MMORPG)
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation
degree of perfection; level of completion; degree of completion
blunder; (careless) mistake; error
(preliminary) skirmish; prelude; preliminary encounter; warm-up match (e.g. before a final)
examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)
step (of a staircase, etc.); running board (of a bus, train); step (movement); pace; (dance) step; step (in a process)
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
glowing ember (either red hot charcoal or the glowing remains of burnt firewood); live charcoal
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
the world; the earth; this world (as opposed to heaven)
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
to wear extra clothes; to dress formally
thicket; coppice; brushwood
to swoop down upon; to fly down; to alight
to stop walking; to pause