slide (for projection); transparency; (microscope) slide; to slide; to slip; to shift (e.g. a group of items in a schedule)
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
I don't care; fine, whatever; that's okay; sure, go ahead
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
piercing; shrill; noisy; loud; clamorous; wild
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
seasonal greeting; conventional opening phrase in a letter, appropriate to the season
arbitration; intercession; mediation
(hospital) nurse; registered nurse; RN
provision of lunch (e.g. at office, school, etc.); providing a meal; lunch service
to act as a go-between (for); to mediate; to arrange; to entertain (guests); to treat; to receive
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
old enemy; longtime enemy; arch-enemy; traditional rival; longstanding foe
great pair; well-oiled two-man team
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
exhilarated; all smiles; tickled pink; pleased as punch
leak (of secrets, information, etc.); disclosure; divulging; leak (of gas, liquid, etc.); leakage; escape (of gas)
being bad at communication; being unsociable
venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on
splash; spray; chance blow; by-blow; getting dragged into (a quarrel, etc.)
wild; unruly; arrogant; endless (e.g. spending); uncontrolled; rampant (e.g. weeds)
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
dramatic pose; grand gesture; grandstanding
ending up right back where one started
exaggerated; overblown; pretentious
branch office; branch store
to advise strongly; to insist (on something)
to foreshadow; to drop a hint (of things to come); to take precautionary measures; to make contingency plans
(sense of) cleanliness; (sense of) freshness
distrust; unjust suspicion
appointment; rendezvous; date
with a burst of strength; rapidly; in one go