attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by
almost; roughly; approximately
silence (not speaking); muteness
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
beforehand; in advance; previously
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
to concern; to be related
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
to like; to prefer; to be pleased by
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
to steel oneself to; to brace oneself
deadly serious; deadly earnest
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
with a friendly grin; smilingly
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
last ray of hope; only hope
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
inattention; absent-mindedness
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
bed and food; eating and sleeping