not to mention ...; needless to say ...; not to speak of ...; (arch.) negligent; (arch.) neglectful; (arch.) careless
attentive; cautious; careful; watchful
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
catastrophe; cataclysm; collapse (of a relationship); breakup; split (friends, lovers, etc.)
no sooner ... than ...; hardly ... when ...; as soon as
inevitable; inescapable; unavoidable
scene; sight; scenario; setting
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
reason; cause; circumstances
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
jingle; jangle; chatty; nattering; coquettish; tawdry
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander
to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
having nothing to do; having time on one's hands (and not knowing what to do); being at a loose end; being bored
bare minimum; minimum necessary (amount, number, etc.)
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
to count on; to expect; to put confidence in; to trust in; to depend on
news (from someone); word; letter; tidings; contact
fan-tan (card game); sevens; parliament
neurasthenia; nervous breakdown; concentration (card game involving turning over face-down cards to find identical pairs)
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
It's nothing!; Don't mention it!
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
firmly; solidly; sturdily; strongly; toughly
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
to make an appearance; to show up
molding; moulding; shaping; modelling (i.e. plastic arts); modeling
to give a glance (at); to take one look at
-less; lacking; non-existing
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen