to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
apparently; appears to be
to speak; to hear a voice
fearfully; nervously; timidly; gingerly
paint; coloring materials; colors; colours
oil paints; oil colors (colours); oils
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
wedge; chock; linchpin; tie; bond
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
vague; fuzzy; elusive; slippery
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
to become dim; to become blurred
meeting and parting; gathering and scattering; alignment and realignment; discrete set
to repeat; to do something over again
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
in order; in turn; one by one
right hand; right-hand side; right-hand direction; (on) the right
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
substantiation; materialization; materialisation; (specific to object language classes) instantiation
roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides); mawworm; (metaphor for) location of one's feelings or sentiments; (metaphor for) empty stomach; feeling of hunger
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
leisurely post; do-nothing job; sinecure
unnatural; artificial; false; forced (e.g. smile); empty (e.g. compliments)
(not) even once; (not) ever
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
decision; judgment; resolution
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
backdoor; rear entrance; rear exit; unauthorized; illicit; illegal