distance; difference; gap; disparity; gulf; chasm
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit
to cheer up; to be encouraged (by); to be in high spirits
to stiffen; to become stiff; to harden
crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
to accept; to receive; to agree
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
willingly; voluntarily; of one's own accord
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
chance (of success); odds
one in a million (chance, etc.); one in ten thousand; in the unlikely event that
shameful; disgraceful; unsightly; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...
skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable
to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to act; to stop by (somewhere; esp. of a criminal on the run); to drop by
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
to eat oneself out of house and home; to eat up completely
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
advance warning; previous notice; prior announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
fast; quick; easy; simple; as soon as ...; the moment ...
reaction; response; physical reaction (to a stimulus); observable response (of an organism); reaction; effect
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
as (it is); remaining (in a state); with (e.g. one's eyes closed, the light on); while (e.g. standing, alive); as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); according to
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium