to listen intently; to focus on (music, speech, etc.)
fading; faded colour; faded color
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
to do together; to share; to participate in
in that manner; like that
to sleep together (e.g. man and a woman); to lie with each other
schedule; program; programme; agenda
to look forward to something
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
to enclose; to impound; to cut off; to corral
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
more than enough; more than ample; exhaustive
hasty; impatient; restless; rash
is never the case; has never happened
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
early to bed early to rise
late at night; at a late hour
going on and on (about inconsequential things); talking nonsense; idling away the time; dawdling
even if; even though; however; no matter how
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
trouble; bother; annoyance
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
high efficiency; high performance
binoculars; field glasses
to wait and see; to see how the land lies
sometimes; occasionally; now and then; from time to time
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
overlooking; turning a blind eye
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
serious; severe; grave; acute
good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice