when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
Tuesday; fire (second of the five elements)
waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room
person standing watch; guard duty
immediately; right away; on the spot
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
had enough; flatly refusing; wouldn't do for anything; begging pardon
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; whimsy; (having) strange tastes
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky
commitment; pledge; promise
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things
curiosity; inquisitiveness
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
taking no notice (of); thinking nothing of; disregarding; not aware of; completely ignoring; being out of consideration
(not) a soul; (not) a single person
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
to be hesitant; to feel timid
cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
different (quality, nature); heterogeneous
treasure hunting; treasure hunt; lucky dip; game involving finding hidden prizes from a sand box, barrel of leaves, etc.
to lose sight of; to miss
looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; picking out; singling out
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
button (clothing); push-button
person that annoys or causes trouble; false alarm
taking a long time; slowness; sluggishness; lack of firmness; looseness; slovenliness
what's the matter?; what's wrong?