as likely as not; 50-50; even match; tie
to have more losses than wins
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
nice; likeable; desirable
it's not like; it isn't as if
nervous temperament; worrier's disposition
to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
to be lured; to be tempted; to go along with somebody's suggestion; to be talked into doing
accepting; consenting; agreeing; submission; compliance; agreement
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
difference; variation; difference
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
present; gift; to give a present or gift
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
proposal; offer; request; application
external; foreign (e.g. relations); public (e.g. image)
to look forward to something
never (even in error); never, ever; never, no matter what happens; by no means
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
in search of; in order to look for
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest
link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
to act up (machine); to go out of tune (instrument); to not work right; to be knocked off stride; to lose one's bearings; to lose one's presence of mind
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up