when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
greedy; avaricious; rapacious; insatiable
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
to bring someone happiness; to make someone happy
family precepts; family motto; rule of the home
unexpected (joy, success, etc.); unanticipated; beyond what one hoped; beyond one's expectations
meeting; rendezvous; meeting for the first time; coming across; confluence
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
obstacle; impediment; disability; handicap; steeplechase; obstacle race
exclusion; removal; elimination; clearing away; getting rid of
to spare; to grudge; to regret; to lament; to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
vacant land; unoccupied ground; empty lot; empty point
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
tree stump; stubble (rice, etc.)
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
viscous; mushy; muddy; dirty (with oil, grease, etc.); to be in an ugly state (of emotions, relations, etc.); to be murky
blood relative; close relation; (one's) flesh and blood; flesh and blood; the body
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
existence; being; life; survival
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
to carry out (of somewhere); to transport; to take out
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
(one's) quota; assignment
absurd; unreasonable; rash; reckless; excessive; immoderate
disaster; tragedy; tragic incident; horrible accident
to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
formation; molding; making (up); repair (e.g. with plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty
to envision how things will turn out (usu. unfortunate); to have foresight; to be able to see the future
to whinge; to kvetch; to gripe; to complain; to whine
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
thousands; several thousand
futures; credit (buying); stretching; total (preceding counter, unit, etc.); aggregate
to have meaning; to be meaningful
route (bus, train, air, etc.); line; line (taken by a group, organization, etc.); policy; course
the most; the best; the greatest; supreme; unrivalled; unsurpassed
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
death march; death march (in software development); crunch
blank space (in a document); blank; void; whitespace