starting afresh; going back to square one; abandoning (e.g. a plan); clearing an abacus
to brave a danger; to take a risk
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
genuine article; real thing; real deal
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
coming to nothing; bubble on the surface of water; something that is short-lived
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
to use up (all one's strength, ideas, etc.); to exert oneself; to do one's best
to be stranded; to be forced to stay; to be obliged to stay
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
at the last moment; this late in the game
to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on
to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive
both; both sides; both parties
to jump at the chance; to accept an offer; to show interest in; to accept a proposal
same crime; being equally guilty
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
offender; criminal; culprit
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
self-consciousness; self-awareness
along; parallel to; in accordance with
distortion; stretch; strained interpretation; technicality; casuistry; sophistry
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
memory; sense; experience
to give a glance (at); to take one look at
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
ten to one; nine cases out of ten
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
tough; strong; stiff; tenacious