heat haze; shimmer of hot air
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
constellation; astrological sign; star sign; zodiac sign
irregularity; unsteadiness; disorderly
have no relation to; have no luck with; not be fated to
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
to rule; to govern; to administer
(divine) providence; dispensation
to explain; to dispel doubts
activity; action; occupation; business; sexual intercourse; sex
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
prototype; model; pattern; archetypal
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid
to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together
common; ordinary; conventional; customary
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous
investigation (e.g. academically, of the unknown); close inquiry (enquiry)
younger pupil (of the same master); younger disciple; junior member
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
materials; data; document
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
mechanical ineptitude; being hopeless with machines
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
nothing but; none other than
appreciation (of art, music, poetry, etc.)
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end