song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
years gone by; earlier years; former years; the past
tossing oneself about in great pain; writhing in agony
dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered
index; index number; exponent (e.g. in floating-point representation); characteristic
as you see; as you can see
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
falling asleep; going to sleep
bad influence; negative influence
seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting
to see through; to see the true nature of something
my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
chain of command; line of command; command structure; command system
mime; dumb show; silent drama; pantomime
short circuit; leakage (of electricity); electrical fault
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via
to whip; to lash; to give the rod; to spur on; to encourage
operation; functioning; running
to brave; to risk; to harm; to afflict; to desecrate; to profane
to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge
separation (e.g. of rubbish when recycling); classification; discrimination; division; distinction
home position; origin; usual place (for something)
to find a clear solution; to come to a clean decision; to give a clear explanation; to divide exactly (without remainder); to divide evenly
being still half asleep; being half awake; being not yet quite awake
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
applicant; candidate; person interested in doing something; person wanting to do something; interested party; volunteer
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side-by-side; to make someone get married; to get someone hitched
how could I (you, etc.) ...?; how dare you (they, etc.) ...; how can you have the nerve to ...?
to make oneself available (free)