you're welcome; don't mention it; not at all; my pleasure
to look toward; to have one's eyes drawn towards something
reins; bridle; control; the reins (on)
to keep away; to keep at a distance
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
to have tears in one's eyes; to be close to crying
hard (e.g. penis); strong (e.g. beat of music); throbbing (e.g. headache); blaring (e.g. rock music)
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
to fly away; to flee away; to scatter
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
crying loudly; bawling; wailing; crying one's eyes out (without making noise); breaking into a flood of tears; crying buckets
artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
the present year; at that time
sounds good; sure thing; no problem
skilled; skillful; skilful; competent; capable; good
to take someone along; to be accompanied (by)
lover; lady-killer; sexy guy
culling; putting down; slaughtering; killing
course correction; trajectory change; orbital adjustment
haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
suspicious-looking; fishy
phantom; vision; illusion
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
to read (somebody's) thoughts; to guess what (someone) is thinking
first person (to do); person going first; first place; top position; person in the top position
to make a copy; to transcribe; to reproduce; to trace
laughable; ridiculous; pitiful; contemptible; absurdity
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
vanguard; advance-guard point; advance detachment; vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde
appearing in unexpected places and at unexpected moments; elusive; phantom
together with; same; both; all; including ...
such; like that; in that way
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
to be uneasy; to be anxious; to fear