round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw
to be flabbergasted; to be dumbfounded
lack of sleep; sleep deprivation
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
accumulation; accumulate; store
impromptu; improvised; extempore; instant (e.g. ramen)
nodding off (while sitting); dozing
newcomer; new figure; new member; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards); Homo sapiens
pass (e.g. backstage pass); permit (to pass or travel); laissez passer; passport
end; conclusion; rounding up; revaluation
visit to console someone; giving comfort (to the sick, injured, etc.); expressing condolences (sympathy, concern, etc.); sympathy call
negligence; neglect; carelessness; procrastination
to disappear; to vanish; to bolt; to go into hiding
to be blessed with children
biological child; one's own child
secret medicine; secret remedy; nostrum; wonder drug; excellent remedy
side effect; adverse reaction
unusual occurrence; variation; mutation
to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)
this (very thing); this precisely
wobbling; tottering; wavering (e.g. over a decision); dithering; boiling up; dizzily
conversion (e.g. yen to dollars); change; exchange; translation (numerical)
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
merrymaking (esp. wine and women); pleasures
one's real mother; natural mother; birth mother; biological mother
offender (esp. murderer); criminal
stopping (of a train, car, etc.); stop
to fight (with); to cross swords; to compete (with); to argue (with); to have an argument; to have a dispute
standing figure; standing posture; dancing pose
to fix (a time, date, etc.); to set; to expect; to hope for; to resolve (to do); to decide upon
perfect (for); ideal; just right; most suitable; tailor-made
(coming to a) sudden stop
to assail the nostrils (smell); to go nose-to-nose (with someone)
several times; a few times
main ingredient; main component
half in doubt; half-convinced; dubious; incredulous
to dispel; to clear away; to accomplish a goal; (arch.) to make it sunny; (arch.) to make clouds disappear
to rub; to scrub; to repeatedly reuse (a joke, a topic of conversation, etc.); to milk; to mash (a button); to spam (a move)
to change one's way of thinking; to switch the direction of one's thoughts; to put one's focus on a new subject; to adopt a new frame of mind