better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
having no idea what will happen; God only knows; there is no knowing; you never can tell
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
door; gate; opening; title page
to wrench open; to break open; to pry open; to prise open; to force open
whaa whaa; sound of a baby crying
with these words; while saying
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
to blaze; to burn brightly
flame; blaze; fire; attack; aggression
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; strikingly; outstandingly; especially
to cover up the sky (e.g. smoke)
round shape; circle; circular form
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
space alien; alien; extraterrestrial being
plausible (but untrue); credible (e.g. lie); specious; seemingly truthful
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
house built on sand; house of cards
unfavourably; unfavorably; disparagingly; insultingly; ill
sliver of hope; gleam of hope; ray of hope
to remain; to stay (somewhere)
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
light (color, taste, etc.); faint (e.g. smell); pale; faint (feeling, hope, etc.); fleeting; slight
binding (someone) hand and foot; being tied down (by rules, obligations, etc.)
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
just like; exactly like; as if; (do) just like ...; (be) virtually like ...; as if it were ...
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
biting louse (any louse of order Mallophaga); small winged insect (esp. a flying ant or termite)
recovery; regaining; getting back; retrieval; restoration; revival
abandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation; abdication; surrender
quickly; promptly; immediately; indifferently; coldly
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to; to become intimate (of a man and woman); to get close; to get married
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
intercept; interception; counter-attack
quickly (esp. actions); suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)