to have one's eye caught on something; to have one's attention drawn to something
aeroplane; airplane; aircraft
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
with a whoosh; with a swish; with a whirl; whizzing by
deeply (stab, thrust, etc.); hard
push; pushing; weight; pressure; authority; forcefulness
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
pretext; pretense; pretence
strength; power; proficiency; ability
(with a) slamming noise (door, telephone receiver); (with a) banging noise; (with a) clash (broken dish); (with a) clank; (with a) bang
one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner
breaking off; snapping off
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
as before; as ever; as it was originally
(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
chief; main; principal; important
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
standing on formality; in a reserved manner; treating a friend as a stranger; unduly distant; formal
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
to look away; to avert one's eyes
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
prickling; stinging; biting; tale-telling; tattling
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
correction; revision; amendment
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
calm; serenity; tranquillity; tranquility
with these words; while saying
to show appreciation for (efforts, esp. by someone of equal or lower status); to thank for; to reward for
of late; lately; this part; this point; here
deployment; disposition; posting; stationing
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it