destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
item; commodity; list of articles
massive failure; debacle; fiasco
poor excuse (of a); nearly non-existent; barely sufficient; token (effort, etc.); symbolic
clear as day; perfectly obvious; plain as daylight
the most one can do; the best one can do; the best one can expect
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
dance hall; dance floor; landing (stairs); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); period of stagnation
looking away; looking aside
lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
placing side by side; running simultaneously (e.g. classes); juxtaposition
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
to be at a loss; to be puzzled
to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak
to wake up (someone; by calling out); to awaken; to bring back (e.g. memories); to evoke; to recall
distress; wretched condition
to be unable to let pass unnoticed; to be unable to be indifferent; to be unable to just watch (without doing anything)
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
outsider's perspective; as seen by an observer
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
present; gift; to give a present or gift
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
essence; true nature; substance; reality
what I want to say is ...; the fact of the matter is ...; none other than ...
(wet) cough; (sound of) coughing
relatively; comparatively
exhaled air; exhalation; expiration
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit