to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off
(place) near by; (place) close by; (place) right next to; as soon as; right after
all living things; all God's creatures, great and small
law; rule; regulation; destiny; fate; karma
flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; test; check; scan (e.g. MRI, PET); audit
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
to distinguish oneself; to stand out
to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
isolation; being alone; being friendless
solitude; loneliness; isolation
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
at this point; at this last moment; this late in the game
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
dealt hand consisting of one 20-point card and six 1-point cards; outstanding; standing out above the rest
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
bubble on surface of liquid; ephemeral; transient
gradually; by degrees; little by little; bit by bit
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...
sense of loss; feeling of loss
verge of death; dying moments
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
to be disgusted with; to run out of patience; to fall out of love
sense of emptiness; empty feeling; feeling of meaninglessness
to torment; to torture; to afflict; to harrow
pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)
sense of relief; feeling of relief
deep sleep; sound sleep; profound sleep
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
chirp; twitter; warble; whale tongue