to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
glaring; flaming; fiery; blazing
to shine; to sparkle; to twinkle; to light up (with happiness, hope, etc.); to beam; to gleam
blockhead; dunce; dimwit; dolt; slowcoach; slowpoke
forever; eternally; for good; as long as one likes; indefinitely; endlessly
to follow; to accompany; to serve; to work under; to obey
to use tact; to exercise discretion; to be tactful; to be thoughtful; to have the sense (to do); to take a hint
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
large number (of); many; majority
to be too late; to be too slow
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
way (of doing); manner; method; means
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails
main body (of troops); main force; this troop; these troops
to not believe one's ears
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
projecting part (of a headland, etc.); moment of departure; (on the) point of going out; outset; start
to stumble (over); to trip; to fail; to suffer a setback
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
ambush; troops in ambush; unexpected opposition; unexpected obstacle
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
battle formation; lineup (e.g. for a game)
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever
to put back up; to stand back up; to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate
to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice
to anticipate; to foresee
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")