receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
blushing; getting red in the face; embarrassment
important position; strategic point; important point; main point; essentials
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
course; route; course (of study); program; lane (in running, swimming, etc.); course (of action); policy
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
to be precocious; to be mature for one's age; to seem grown-up; to seem mature
to check; to stop; to keep back
in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
defeating an argument; winning an argument; refutation; confutation
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous
that being the case; in that case; if that's how it's going to go
weak ending; tapering; anticlimax; tame ending
if you don't mind; if you like; if you feel up for it; if you're interested
confident; full of confidence; cocky; full of oneself
to recover; to rally; to improve; to pick up
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
relatedness; associativity; relation; relationship; relevance
sports club (e.g. at school); sports department (e.g. in a newspaper)
hollow; mid-air; air; sky
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
clairvoyance; second sight; clairvoyant
no holds barred; anything goes; no limits