gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
to tie; to fix; to attach
sense of loss; feeling of loss
adaptation; accommodation; conformity
to stifle a smile, yawn, etc.; to bite to death
chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover
to rain incessantly; to downpour
green; emerald green; green color of new foliage; verdure
place for relaxation and refreshment
compensation; reparations; indemnity; damages
to blow off; to be blown off
without; but if; otherwise; or else
to miss a chance to ask; to miss an opportunity to ask; to forget to ask
old book; rare book; classic; secondhand book; used book
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation
to come into being; to be born
to yield oneself (to something); to devote oneself (to something); to surrender oneself (to something)
to bawl; to cry; to scream
to be crazy; to be mad; to have a screw loose
crazy deed; unbelievable deed; the height of madness; act of sheer madness
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
clear; clear-cut; lucid; unequivocal; explicit
explosive; blasting powder
mental condition; state of mind; mentality
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
uncertain; vague; ambiguous
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
exactly the same; exactly as is; without any change
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding