mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
(young) seductress; temptress; little devil; imp
escape from reality; escapism; ostrichism
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
even though; despite; when
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
contrastive conjunction (but, however, etc.); contradictory conjunction
row of houses; every house; each house; all; totally
to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
(wrestling) ring; forum (e.g. for discussion); sandbag; gabion
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
extermination; expulsion; destruction
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
hands behind one's back; hands tied behind one's back; behind (e.g. someone); rear; appearance from behind
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
to hang up; to hoist; to denounce; to subject someone to a kangaroo court
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
recovery; rescue; recapture
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
night under the midnight sun; white night (at extreme latitudes); night during which the sun doesn't set
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
option; selecting an option; optional extra; individual item; separate item; option
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
order; rank; position (e.g. in a race); precedence
inheritance; succession; accession; share-alike
loser; defeated person; the defeated
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
to admit fault; to admit one is wrong
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see