small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
share; portion; quota; cut
very; much; greatly; a lot of
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
to hold back others from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
alas; regrettably; to my great regret; tragically
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
belief; faith; conviction
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
comeback; recovery; restoration; rally; reflexive (in grammar)
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
healing; soothing; therapy; comfort; solace
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
to help out of (trouble); to extricate
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
that is to say; so that means
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!