absorption; suction; attraction
special; particular; peculiar; unique
action; operation; process; agency; effect; function
assumption; supposition; hypothesis; supposition
grant; allowance; endowment; bestowal; assignment; conferment
all; wholly; entirely; completely; without exception
to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
to throw into; to toss into; to throw-in; to play a throw-in
office (e.g. the Oval Office)
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
separate case; another matter; different matter; another project
going side-by-side; going abreast; running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
aspect; phase; condition; modality
to be perturbed; to be agitated
silence; stillness; quietness
both (people); the two of them
departure; departing from ...; sent from ...; (a letter, etc.) dated ...; counter for engines (on an aircraft); counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
didn't stir an inch; not stirring a muscle
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon); trace
location (of); position; whereabouts; place where one is
swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering
to make an appearance; to show up
(complete) destruction; annihilation; devastation
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
drought; long spell of dry weather
sudden; abrupt; improvised; hasty; impromptu skit; bandwagon fan
unbelievable; incredible; implausible
to be on the verge of; to be about to; to be on the point of
as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
descent (to earth, esp. of a god); advent; epiphany; arrival (of an important person); appearance
occurrence; happening; incident; event
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent
to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
first thing in the morning