to be connected (to); to be joined together; to connect (of a telephone call, the internet, etc.); to get through; to lead (to an outcome); to bring about (a result); to be lined up (e.g. of cars)
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve; to transfer (phone call)
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
to continue to hold; to hold on to (for a long period); to maintain; to keep
to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
surface of the earth; ground surface
earth; ground; the solid earth; the (vast) land
in succession; one by one
proof; evidence; sign; witnessing; testifying; testimony
to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death); to bequeath
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
unexpected; surprising; unanticipated; strange; unforeseen
lingering (usu. feeling, emotion, etc.); continuing (to); still (...)
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
to turn (towards); to face; to head to; to go towards; to allot; to allocate
to lose one's way; to get lost
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
opaque; obscure; opacity; obscurity; unclear; unpredictable
travelling alone; solitary journey
to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken
evasion; avoidance; recusal (of a judge)
to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)
memory; recollection; remembrance; memory; storage
to get rid of; to erase; to dispel; to eradicate; to wipe away
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
to thrust at someone (e.g. a weapon); to point (a gun, knife, etc.) at; to hold up threateningly to (someone's face); to present forcefully (demand, document, etc.); to confront someone with (evidence, facts, etc.); to force upon
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else
instant; moment; for an instant
to lose sight of; to miss
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
formal; stiff; strict; ceremonious
a certain someone; Mr So-and-so
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
extreme happiness; euphoria; (being in) seventh heaven
to be ecstatically happy; to be on cloud nine; to be in seventh heaven
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
to drop by; to stop by; to drop in; to approach; to draw near; to come close (to)
at this point; at this last moment; this late in the game
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication