stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
just this side of; one step short of; on the brink
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
to unfold; to unroll; to open
chance (of success); odds
war; fighting; fierce competition
chief; main; principal; important
distant view; looking from a distance; good long distance vision; farsightedness
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
equal (in ability); even; evenly matched; well-matched; on par (with)
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
at once; immediately; right now
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
genuine article; real thing; real deal
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
to bring someone happiness; to make someone happy
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
going into battle; departure for the front
of bad omen; ill augur; boding evil; bad fortune
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
pair of lovers; girlfriend and boyfriend
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)