in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
in proportion to; just as much as
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
end of a match; end of a game
flute; fife; pipe; whistle
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
rest; break; recreation; recuperation; convalescence
after having come this far; now that we've come this far
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
final adjustment; final coordination
just past noon; afternoon
honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank
to work hard; to sweat; to wash off one's sweat
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
time of departure; (on the) point of departure; just as one is leaving
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
leaving a device on (e.g. TV, air conditioner); leaving something engaged (e.g. a key in a lock)
almost; roughly; approximately
beginning of the game; kickoff; face-off
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
wiping out; sweeping away; eradicating; dispelling
thought; consideration; thinking
loop; band; loop (programming); loop (railway line); time loop; temporal loop
to be hideously burned; to be burned raw
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself
on the occasion of; at the time of
shopfront; storefront; shopwindow; over-the-counter
whispering; murmuring; subdued
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
pull tab; pull-tab; ring pull
to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to rack one's brains over (wrack)
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
quitting while one is ahead