coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
handsome young man; Adonis
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others; solo raid on an enemy's camp (for glory)
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
plural; multiple; several
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
humorous; funny; amusing; laughable; hilarious; comical
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
to be stumped; to be at a loss; to be at one's wits' end; to be fed up; to be tired (of); to be unable to bear
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
frivolous; flippant; superficial; shallow; trifling; insincere
evil influence; (evil) clutches; tentacles of evil
ban on entering (a building, venue, etc.)
prevention; precaution; protection against
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
to become empty; to be emptied
cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
excessive self-consciousness; excessively self-conscious person
state of mind; mental state; mental attitude
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
to taste; to try (food or drink)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
(one's) master; Lord; the main thing; the majority
all (there is); as long as there is
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
to harm; to cause harm to