attachment (esp. to things); love; affection; fondness
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; witty remark; light joke; amusing talk
to strike each other; to come to blows; to fight; to say (useless things, facetious remarks, etc.) to each other
to just appear; to be half out; to be on the tip of one's tongue
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
appearing as if something doesn't exist; casual; offhand
to explain adequately; to be accountable
fragment; broken piece; one of the same group; accomplice; one of a pair; counterpart
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
to lie; to pretend; to feign; to deceive; to trick
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
obstacle; impediment; disability; handicap; steeplechase; obstacle race
no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
to blunder; to fail; to make a mistake
to spring at; to leap upon
to manipulate (someone); to make (someone) dance to one's tune; to lead astray; to make (someone) dance; to let dance
to increase; to add to; to augment
attack; offence; top (dominant partner of a homosexual relationship); barrage (of); flood (of)
initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages; initial shock (of an earthquake); preliminary tremor
left; left-hand side; left hand; the left (wing); leftist; fondness for alcohol
to emit; to spout; to spurt; to boil over
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
support; help; backing; covering (from enemy attack); protection
to slip through (a crowd); to weave through (e.g. traffic); to pass through; to get around; to elude (e.g. the law); to evade
to knock (someone) down; to floor; to beat up; to deal a devastating blow (from which one cannot recover); to devastate (emotionally); to crush
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
... all over again (repeating the same failure)
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
de- (indicating reversal, removal, etc.); post-
since one was born; (in) all one's life
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
to be to the point; to hit the mark; to be relevant
furious opposition; strong opposition; vehement protest
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
lifespan; life; lifetime; life (of a battery, lightbulb, etc.); service life; end of an object's (useful) life
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
to serve as a reference; to provide useful information; to be helpful; to be informative; to be instructive