adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
bombarding; shelling; bombardment
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
unattractive; ugly; unstylish; uncool
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
to be stubborn; to be obstinate; to be perverse; to not give in
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
to not match well (e.g. at the seams); to not mesh properly (of gears); to differ (e.g. of opinions); to clash; to be in conflict (e.g. with the facts)
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
go that far; to that extent
to be needed; to be wanted
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
one by one; one after another; successively
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
to subsist; to keep on living
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward