for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
swing and a miss; (punching and) failing to make contact; (ending in) failure; fruitless effort
chest of drawers; bureau; cabinet; tansu; dresser
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
to turn over; to turn (pages); to leaf through (a book, etc.); to tear off; to strip off; to take off
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
individuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy; character; individual characteristic
main topic; main subject; main issue; this subject
a little late; somewhat late; latish; a little slow; somewhat slow
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
to become locked; to lock
to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied
turning around; spinning around; curling up; round and charming (e.g. eyes)
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
rock (music); rock; boulder; on the rocks (drink)
immediately; at once; instantly
rejection; dismissal; turning down; abandoning; renunciation
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
decomposed body; decomposing corpse
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
ordinary; nothing special; nothing to exclaim over
scene; spectacle; sight; view
(coat) hanger; hangar; hunger
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here