gap; opening; break; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
to draw close to; to edge up to; to snuggle up to; to nestle close to; to cuddle with; to draw closer to
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
to enjoy; to take pleasure in; to have a good time; to look forward to
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
such; this sort of; like this
fact; truth; reality; in fact; actually
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
to ask a question; to ask questions
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; node (of a plant stem); joint
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
now; the present time; just now; another; more
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
deadpan face; expressionless white face; po-faced
to stare at each other; to lock eyes (with)
to be duplicated; to be repeated; to overlap; to fall together (of dates, etc.); to repeat (a failed course, school year, etc.); to make a double play
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
exceptional; unusual; extraordinary; unprecedented; singular
to happen to have; to have on hand; to carry (e.g. money)
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...