quietly; slowly; gracefully
half-hearted reply; vague answer; reluctant answer
to look displeased; to frown; to scowl; to look grave; to look serious
close; intimate; on good terms
to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
loitering; roaming; sauntering; wandering about; prowling
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
agreement; rules; code; protocol; convention; bylaw
match (contest); to match with; to go well with
change; conversion; transformation; transformation
future; possible; potential; prospective
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
to become misty; to become hazy
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
to give one's life; to lay down one's life
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good; lacking
colluding; complicity; liaison; compromise; giving in
innocent look; nonchalant look; look of ignorance; air of innocence
admission; joining; enrollment; enrolment
step; stride; counter for steps
serious; earnest; honest; real; legit
standing upright; standing bolt upright; rearing
superficial; apparent; seeming; surface; cosmetic
outsider's perspective; as seen by an observer
superconductivity; super-conductivity
being able to hear everything (esp. when one was not intended to)
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
a question (an issue) of where responsibility (liability) lies; a question of who is responsible (to blame)
equally (talented, etc.); evenly; neck and neck; nip and tuck
passerby; pedestrian; foot passenger
to cheat someone out of; to wangle; to get; to obtain
to draw a conclusion; to conclude; to settle on