concatenation; coupling; connection; linking; consolidation (e.g. of company accounts)
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
testimony; (verbal) evidence
something white; snow; gray hair; grey hair
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
(walk) briskly; at a brisk pace; quickly
to get permission; to get approval; to get the go-ahead
discouraged; dispirited; despondent
to be to the point; to hit the mark; to be relevant
hook (fishing, golf, boxing, etc.)
lottery; raffle; drawing (of lots)
application; subscription; entry (competition, raffle, etc.); enlistment
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
storage room; storeroom; lumber room
mistaken memory; trick of the memory; slip of the memory
looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; picking out; singling out
alright to do; can do; do not mind doing; gladly do; might as well do
to get one's head around; to think about
again (and again); once again; yet again; (there you go) again
to feign ignorance; to pretend one doesn't know
fresh troops; fresh players; newcomer; new employee; new method; new way
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
obligation chocolate; chocolate given by women to male colleagues, etc. out of obligation on Valentine's day
luckily; blessedly; fortunately
the real criminal; true culprit
to incur the wrath of god (e.g. by speaking ill of somebody behind their back); to get into trouble; to warp one's mouth
to trick someone (into confirming or revealing the truth); to ask a leading question
fighting with real swords; game played in real earnest
thumping (heart); banging; pounding; racing
prickling; stinging; biting; tale-telling; tattling
one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays
originally; by nature; from the start
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
to break a dam; to burst out
easy; simple; informal; offhand; cheap
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
to take back; to recapture