sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
beginning; clue; starting point
one's real mother; natural mother; birth mother; biological mother
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
to have one's name entered (in a list)
striking (at something) and missing; swing and a miss; vain attempt
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme
(your) judgment; discernment
besides; moreover; in addition
to be ordered (to do); to be charged with (a duty); to be assigned (a job)
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
trunks (swimming, boxing, etc.); trunks (underwear); boxers; boxer shorts
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
to gulp down (a drink); to slurp
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
close investigation; careful examination; scrutiny
revealing (information, a secret, etc.); disclosure; telling; letting out
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
gathering evidence (e.g. to back a news story); getting the facts; obtaining supporting evidence
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
espionage network; intelligence network
trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
even though; despite; when
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky