place to go; person to turn to; someone to depend on
being too late; losing one's final chance
worst of the worst; despicable; extremely bad
to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)
to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain
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.)
creakingly; squeakingly; tightly (squeezing, pressing, etc.); (drinking) all in one sweep
to draw (a line); to demarcate; to mark; to plan
heated (e.g. debate); passionate
faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
indication; expression; display; displaying; representation; (copyright) attribution
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
without looking aside; looking neither right nor left; wholeheartedly; single-mindedly
to use properly; to use (different things) for different purposes
screen name; username; handle
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
anything and everything; just about everything
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
real-life friend (as opposed to online friend)
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
moral support; emotional support; spiritual support
to get along; to hit it off; to be on the same page; to work well together; to synchronize
feeling of fullness; sense of sufficiency; feeling of satisfaction
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
guess; speculation; supposition
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
troublesome; difficult (e.g. customer, guest, child); laborious (e.g. task, dinner)
cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); gloom; dejection
to hide; to keep to oneself