interest (in something); enthusiasm
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
evening deepens into night; the night wears on; night advances
to boil; to heat; to excite; (arch.) to melt (metal)
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
favorite (to win); favourite; likely winner; one's heart's desire; first choice
going to bed; retiring (for the night)
awareness that somebody will be hard to deal with; awareness that one is not good at something; (feeling) not up to doing something
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, handicap, etc.); overcoming; bringing under control; subjugation; victory over
the future; future prospects
to banter; to make fun of; to cool; to refrigerate; to window-shop; to look at without buying
one thin flat object; one sheet
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
heavy heartbeat; thumping; pounding
average value; mean value; mean; expectation
equal (in ability); even; evenly matched; well-matched; on par (with)
to fight; to compete; to contest; to argue; to dispute heatedly
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
human kindness; human weakness
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
to give up (a plan or idea); to desist from (doing)
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
to reheat; to steam over; to bring up again (a problem that has been dealt with); to take up again; to drag up
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
to look coldly at; to turn a cold shoulder
rash; thoughtless; careless; hasty; imprudent
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
to lose composure; to be upset; to be flurried; to lose one's head (through shock)
unless one ...; if one does not ...
suicide attack; kamikaze attack
the truth; fact; as it is; as you are; frank; bare plain