getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
minuscule amount; extremely small quantity
detection; sense (e.g. sensor)
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air
ascending and descending; going up and down
to run past from behind; to run through (e.g. gate, one's mind)
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
probe; inquiry; enquiry; investigation
operation; functioning; running
certification; attestation; authentication; Imperial attestation
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense, form, aspect)
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
spontaneous generation; abiogenesis; natural occurrence; spontaneous occurrence
misrecognition; mistaking (x for y)
presentation; exhibit; suggest; citation
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
concatenation; coupling; connection; linking; consolidation (e.g. of company accounts)
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
leak (of secrets, information, etc.); disclosure; divulging; leak (of gas, liquid, etc.); leakage; escape (of gas)
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
wistful; desirous of; hungry-looking; greedy-looking
and yet; though; when; in spite of
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
to kill by hitting; to beat to death; to slaughter
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
with a friendly grin; smilingly
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe