familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
third day of the month; three days
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
achievement; feat; meritorious deed; distinguished service
to be forestalled; to be taken in; to be cheated; to be outwitted
everyone at once; everyone together
stepping (in place); stamping (up and down); stomping; standstill; stalemate
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
sharing one's lot with another; being in the same boat
starting afresh; going back to square one; abandoning (e.g. a plan); clearing an abacus
material; tangible; concrete
to blow out; to spout out
this and that; this or that; one thing after another
uncertain; doubtful; unreliable; unsteady; unclear; vague
curiosity; rare item; rarity; rare opportunity which could be beneficial
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
to apply pressure (on); to bring pressure upon; to lean on
to lure out of; to decoy out of; to drive to (tears, sleep, etc.); to evoke (sympathy, etc.); (arch.) to abduct; (arch.) to entice out of
worst; worst-case (scenario)
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
to become settled; to be fixed
amphiaster; diaster; double star; visual double
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
embodying; expressing concretely
ahead; further on; beyond (this place); before this; prior to this; earlier
round dance; dancing in a circle
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location
to clear away; to clear land; to prune; to lop off
(more than) enough; too much; bitterly; extremely; keenly
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
flashiness; showiness; brilliance; bloom; flowers
glacial period; glacial epoch; glacial era; tough period; drought (of opportunities, jobs, etc.)
by the way; meanwhile; on the other hand
throwing oneself (e.g. into the water to commit suicide)