period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit
one's whole life; one's lifetime
to divide in two; to divide in half; to divide (among); to apportion; to portion out
shameless; brazen and unscrupulous
VIP; very important person
to be complicated; to be elaborate; (arch.) to push in; (arch.) to be crowded
calendar; calender (machine for flattening things)
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
urgent; pressing; exigent
secret passage; underground passage; loophole; hole one can go through; opening
whatever way; any way; either way; one way or the other
to coagulate; to congeal; to be fanatical (about); to be obsessed (with); to stiffen; to become stiff
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
essentially nonexistent; virtually nil
to kidnap; to abduct; to drag (someone to an event or place); to force (someone) to go (to)
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
for peace of mind; for conscience' sake; by way of consolation
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
to blaze down on; to beat down on; to shine down upon
name recognition; established reputation
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; whether or not
to participate in; to take part in; to play a part in; to receive; to be given; to enjoy
strength and weakness; (degree of) strength; stress (of a sound); loudness
useless; worthless; silly; trivial
chill; the shivers; shivering fit
it's been a long time; long time no see
polite; courteous; civil; friendship; (sexual) intimacy
androgynous; gender-neutral
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
somehow; for some reason or other
out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent
strong-willed; strong of heart
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
talking while standing; standing around talking
(not) in the least; (not) at all; (not) a bit