to abandon; to give up on; to desert
strong pressure; heavy pressure
speaking of ...; as for ...
look!; there!; here!; that is
day after day; day by day
disposal; abandonment; scrapping; annulment; cancellation; abrogation
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse; litter
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
to spend all one's time doing; to do day in, day out; to do nothing but ...; to pass (of days)
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after
to mark the end; to spell the end
recovery; regaining; getting back; retrieval; restoration; revival
widely; extensively; far and wide; everywhere; all around; generally
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
perfect score; full marks; perfect; entirely satisfactory; excellent
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
indiscriminate imitation; monkey see, monkey do; blind follower
rehash; (boring) rerun; second brew of tea
jumping to a wrong conclusion
to open one's eyes wide (in anger, surprise, etc.); to goggle at
to make something bright; to shine; to polish
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre
to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at
at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove
to cheat; to swindle; to deceive
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
yell; shout; cry; roar; howl
call for attention; alert; heads-up; reminder
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
to breathe heavily (e.g. with much movement of the shoulders)
distant view; looking from a distance; being able to see a long distance; good long-distance vision; farsightedness
invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain
... or something (like that); ... or whatever; so-called ...; a certain ...
to permeate (of a stain, smell, etc.); to become ingrained; to become embedded; to become a deeply ingrained habit; to become second nature
slow; sluggish; dull; lax (regulation, handling, etc.); slack; sloppy