dice roll with the desired result; lucky throw of the dice; good luck; stroke of luck; hoped-for result
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
negotiations; bargaining; discussions; connection; relationship; relations
to explain clearly; to give detailed instructions
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
surrender; capitulation; submission; yield
to smile (at); to grin (at)
half and half; fifty-fifty
morality; righteousness; meaning; teachings; doctrine; nonconsanguineous relationship (i.e. of in-laws)
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
to row (a boat) to (a pier, shore, etc.); to reach (a goal after considerable effort); to arrive at; to (finally) manage to do
next term; next period; next version; next release
decision; settlement; confirmation; establishment
going through; going via; going by way of
pointing up; pointing upward; upturn; uptrend; upward tendency
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
point of a spear; spearhead; focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.); aim; force (of an argument); edge
whatever way; any way; either way; one way or the other
relationships with the opposite sex
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
sales promotion; hard selling
to build a market for; to promote (a product); to promote oneself; to sell oneself; to sell heavily
... all over again (repeating the same failure)
recent state; present state; present condition; current status; current circumstances
to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on
since then; since that time; only that much; the way things were left
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; node (of a plant stem); joint
worry; fear; anxiety; concern
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
intention; inclination; mind; idea; wish; view