speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
bleeding; haemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; casualties; losses
rope; cord; policeman's rope
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
laying one's head in someone's lap; using someone's lap for a pillow
(opening of a) wound; cut
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; progeny; offspring; paternal blood; lineage; sperm
composite; combined; complex
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
unhurt; uninjured; flawless (e.g. gem); unblemished; spotless (e.g. reputation); faultless (e.g. performance)
calculation; computation; reckoning; consideration; calculation; estimation
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
to go; to come; to lose; to be defeated; to be stumped (by); to be at a loss; to visit (a shrine, grave, etc.)
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability
to be curious; to wonder; to marvel
preface; introduction; preamble
to kidnap; to abduct; to drag (someone to an event or place); to force (someone) to go (to)
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift); to add to as support; to prop up; to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.); (arch.) to mimic
to change sides; to double-cross; to betray; to roll over (in bed); to turn over
corner; section; one horn; pillar (of a group, system, etc.); member (of an organization, etc.); first corner
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
to spit out; to eject; to dump
to demand gratitude; to do something for someone in order to create an obligation of gratitude from that person
union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
whim; caprice; fancy; capricious; fickle; whimsical
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat