to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
to join together; to combine; to join up
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
to give one's life; to lay down one's life
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
power; might; authority; influence
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to stop walking; to pause
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
landing; alighting; touch down
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
to bring up under one's personal care
compensation; indemnification; reparation; consideration
to make an appearance; to show up
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
young girl; lass; adolescent female
just because; even if; even though
sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
and; thereupon; because of that
valuable; worthwhile; worthy; worth doing
fortuitous; luck; windfall; godsend; good fortune
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing