to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive
pull tab; pull-tab; ring pull
to choke; to be choked by; to be stifled by
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
prize beyond one's reach; unattainable object; woman who is out of one's league; (lit.) flower on a high peak
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
understanding person; supporter
recognizing anew; seeing something in a new light
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back
vague recollection; faint memory
crying hard; crying one's eyes out; loud crying; wailing; profuse weeping
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
crying loudly; bawling; wailing; crying one's eyes out (without making noise); breaking into a flood of tears; crying buckets
advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
to stop crying; to cry oneself out
to take a breather; to take a rest; to catch one's breath; to take a breath
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty
to go astray; to become corrupt; to go bad
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
to pour (sake); to serve; to drink together
registration; accession; register; entry; record
cancelling (a debt); forgiving (a debt); being even; forgetting (what was said or done); pretending (something never happened)
extraordinary; special; exceptional; non-standard grammatical construction; ungrammatical usage; solecism
to contemplate; to ponder; to think over; to turn over in one's mind; to reflect; to muse
on countless occasions; many a time
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)