to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
transcendence; excellence; superiority
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
continuation; succession; series
to flick out; to spring out; to calculate; to work out; to expel (from a group); to drive out
to be reflected (in); to be mirrored (in); to impress (a person)
sound of the wind; voice of the wind
stake all (on something); play for all or nothing; throwing all into a task
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front
judgment (of a crime); conviction; condemnation; beheading; decapitation
hewn stone; quarried stone; ashlar; flagstone
column of water; water column
racing (of an engine); spinning one's wheels; running idle; fruitless effort; going nowhere; going round in circles
heat haze; shimmer of hot air
to breathe out; to exhale
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
dull; uninteresting; dry; insipid; boring; prosaic
to be full of (e.g. adventure, youth, energy); to be overflowing with
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
to make an appearance; to show up
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
superficial; shallow; frivolous; careless; sliding along the surface of something; being slippery
present continuous tense; present progressive form
to boil up; to seethe; to get excited; to be in an uproar
information; news; report; reward; retribution
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove