to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
to be strongly attracted (by); to be utterly charmed (by); to be completely captivated (by); to admire greatly; to fall deeply in love (with); to fall head over heels (for)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to understand from experience
to be subject to punishment; to be punished
to accuse someone falsely; to make a false charge
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
serious crime; grave sin; mortal sin; deadly sin
to praise; to extol; to hail; to laud; to celebrate
as one had hoped; as one wishes
to feel awkward; to feel ashamed; to feel inferior; to feel shy (about doing something)
to be discouraged; to shrink from
as expected; just as one thought; as feared; sure enough
force (bulldoze) one's way through
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
blind acceptance; blind belief; credulity
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
one's say; one's point; one's case; complaint; objection; grievance
defense; defence; pleading; advocacy
brave; courageous; gallant; valiant; heroic
enemy camp; enemy line; last 3 rows of the board
to use one's own judgement; to not be swayed by others; to have confidence in oneself
obstruction; prevention; hindrance; check; blocking; stopping
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
tedious; boring; dull; to feel bored; to get bored (with); to get tired (of)
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
one day; (on) a certain day
recovery; undoing; recall
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
same feeling; same sentiment; same opinion; sympathy; agreement; concurrence
to differ; to be different; to disagree; to vary; to diverge
(place) out of sight; (somewhere) out of eyeshot
to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life
feeling sick; feeling nauseous; feeling unwell; feeling displeased; feeling offended; feeling irritated
fortunate person; lucky fellow; lucky dog
speaking fondly about one's sweetheart (spouse, girlfriend, etc.); going on about one's love affairs
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
extreme; ultra; mega; damn; stupid; cursed
to become serious; to take something seriously (e.g. a joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (esp. at something trivial); to get worked up