to comb down; to smooth down
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
mediation; agency; carrying (germs, diseases, etc.); transmission; mediation
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
choices; alternatives; options
crossing; passage; importing; import; wandering; wanderer; migration
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
to throw open; to leave open
house hunting; searching an entire house; searching a house thoroughly
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
patrolling; one's rounds; inspection tour; watchman; patrolman
sharpshooting; shooting; sniping; setting a goal and carrying it out
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
memory; sense; experience
to happen to meet; to come across
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
as (for); for; in the capacity of
to do one's best; to do something to the best of one's ability
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
licking one's lips; licking one's chops
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
idle thoughts; worldly thoughts
covered with; stained; smeared
to do oneself; to do by oneself; to start work (on); to commence
to fall into someone's hands; to place oneself in someone's power
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
disappointment; despair; despondency; broken heart; adversity
to throw into; to toss into
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
bits and pieces; frizzily (as in perm)
intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum