selling at a sacrifice; amazing bargain; fire sale
ordinary; sensible; commonplace
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
having said that; on the other hand; (but) then; (but) still
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
position in a game; state of the game; situation; stage; phase
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
to change sides; to double-cross; to betray; to roll over (in bed); to turn over
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
thirst for blood; bloodlust; determination to kill
encroachment; invasion; erosion (e.g. of market share, rights); erosion; corrosion
development; cultivation; application; exploitation (of resources)
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
tranquilizer; tranquiliser
using without consideration for others; using (another person, etc.) in a way that's convenient to oneself (but detrimental to the person, thing etc. being used); using in a reckless manner
to be solved; to be worked out; to come loose; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. of a ban)
look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression
to get along (with someone); to be like-minded; to be congenial
transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
highest grade; finest quality; top class; superlative (degree)
startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
at once; right away; promptly; quickly; right now; this instant
fireball; ball of fire; will-o'-the-wisp; jack-o'-lantern
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
(inflectional) ending of a word; end of a sentence
to mishear; to hear wrongly; to misunderstand
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
to triumph; to be elated with success
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
sick; ill; ailing; (arch.) to hurt; (arch.) to ache
to divide; to separate; to share; to distribute; to distinguish
way of solving (a problem); solution