rather; sooner; preferably
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
to create (an atmosphere, feeling, etc.); to produce; to engender
in the belly; in one's heart of hearts
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
mean; malicious; scheming; wicked; black-hearted
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
should; must; -able; probably; likely
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
how; in what way; how about
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
second (unit of time); arc second
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
place; room; margin; scope
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)