overprescription; overmedication; drug dependence
mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
close; intimate; on good terms
joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)
healthy; sound; wholesome
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts
self-sacrifice; self-renunciation
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
exit; gateway; way out; outlet; vent; leak
labyrinth; maze; mystery; dungeon
to continue to do; to persist in doing
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
to get high (on drugs); to trip; to slur one's words (as a result of taking sleeping pills, etc.); to lose one's wits (due to lack of sleep, etc.); to space out
being scattered in all directions; being broken up and dispersed
texture (e.g. skin, fabric); grain (e.g. wood); detail
to carry on; to go on with one's life; to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
lonely person; someone who easily succumbs to loneliness
defective item; defective product; defective merchandise
poor piece of work; rubbish; trash
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
section (e.g. in a newspaper); column; field (in a form, web page, etc.); blank; handrail; railing
expression in writing; written representation; notation; writing on the surface (e.g. an address on an envelope); inscribing on the face
sublimation; sublimating (an emotion, impulse, etc.); channelling; diverting
dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle