knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
lost point (in a game); point given away; run charged to the pitcher; blunder; mistake
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
to kill by hitting; to beat to death; to slaughter
to say incorrectly; to use the wrong words; to make a slip of the tongue; to forget to say; to miss one's chance to say
look who's talking; you're one to talk; you can talk
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
will not do; do not; does not
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
trauma (usu. psychological)
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
solicitude; consideration; concern; (excessive) kindness
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, handicap, etc.); overcoming; bringing under control; subjugation; victory over
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away
handy; convenient; suitable; reasonable; moderate
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
restoration (buildings, art, vehicles, etc.); (system) restore; recovery (file system, etc.)
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
to be pretentious; to put on airs; to show off