just because; even if; even though
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
dreams; visions; phantasms
to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut
middle of the night; dead of night
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
choice; selection; diagnosis; medical opinion; judgement; opinion
hiding place; hideout; refuge; retreat; hideaway
to hire; to lease; to requisition; to charter
(exaggerated) professing to be; passing oneself off as
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything
boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. debate); excitement; soaring (prices); shooting up
within expectations; as expected; within the scope of hypothesis or assumption
to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)
conditionally; with conditions attached
siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate
completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all
to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory
to leave nothing undone; to give good service; to attend to everything; to be on someone's tracks (e.g. police); to catch up with; to close in on
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
to change facial expression or color (due to anger, embarrassment, etc.)
to roll; to wheel; to turn over; to tip over; to leave; to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
library (usu. single-room); small library
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
to perform some process; to apply some treatment; to revise; to correct
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
thoughtless; reckless; seldom; rare; ordinary; usual
modern times; the modern age; this day and age
effect; virtue; efficacy; impression
to hit hard; to punch hard; to give a hard blow; to wallop; to sock
trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
to find out; to discover; to locate
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
in range; within the limits (of...); within (a) range
a little more than usual; bribe money added to a regular fee; and then some
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
newcomer; initiate; rookie