middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
public holiday; celebration (of)
something used to cover the eyes; blindfold; blinder; concealing one's home such that the interior cannot be seen from outside
earplug (for protection against noise or water)
three wise monkeys (who "see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil")
to come of age; to become an adult; to become fully qualified; to stand on one's own
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
to be scheduled to (do); to be expected to (do)
adaptation; accommodation; conforming; acclimatization; acclimatisation
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
invincible; unrivaled; unrivalled; matchless; unbeatable; undefeatable
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
only natural; no wonder; as expected; of course; as it should be
participation; joining; entry; adherence
this and that; one thing or another
leaving somebody behind; abandoning someone; marooning someone
second (party to an agreement); the B party (e.g. in a contract); stylish; chic; strange; quaint
estrangement; neglect; alienation; casting out; ostracism; giving the cold shoulder
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
mirror surface; lens surface
sight; attraction; spectacle; something worth seeing
(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
dejected; dispirited; crestfallen; discouraged
cruel; merciless; pitiless; tragic; horrible; terrible
to get used to; to become accustomed to; to be at home (on the stage)
casual; doing something without taking it too seriously
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now