advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to see eye to eye; to be on the same wavelength; to talk the same language
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
stealthily; secretly; in secret
unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled
patrolling; one's rounds; inspection tour; watchman; patrolman
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
by all means; by all costs
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling
fine weather; fair weather
boastful speech; bragging
to put to use; to make use of; to turn to account
to become clumsy; to miss one's aim
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
beginning and end; from beginning to end; result; outcome; dealing with something successfully
taking care of something by oneself; self-management
of late; lately; this part; this point; here
succession; continuation; series; sequence
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
a friend is a good thing to have; a good friend is a great blessing
to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again
salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
no matter what; whatever you say; in the end; after all
fast-talking; rapid talking
lawfulness; propriety; reasonableness; appropriateness; legality; legitimacy
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going
as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible