something's wrong (with someone); not right (in the head); not oneself; crazy; nuts
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to act as innocent
waste; uselessness; redundance
talk; story; conversation
to wear away; to rub down; to abrade
low-priced; cheap; inexpensive; shallow (e.g. sympathy); superficial; cheap (e.g. government)
foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature
to coagulate; to curdle; to be fanatical; to be obsessed with; to stiffen; to become stiff
rash; thoughtless; careless; hasty; imprudent
mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission
to insist on; to persist in; to be obstinate
to disentangle; to untangle; to unravel; to relax; to soften; to relieve (e.g. stress, tension)
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
throwaway match (i.e. one played after a tournament has already been decided); dead rubber
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
to feel uncomfortable; to be offended; to have a bad time
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
sleeping in late; oversleeping; late riser; sleepyhead
end; close; finish; termination
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
limp; imbalance; unfavorable progress; unfavourable progress
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
8th in rank; eighth sign of the Chinese calendar
time after time; countless times; many a time; dozens of times
all you have to do is; just; that's all
self-justification; excuse
thicket; coppice; brushwood
to tread down so as to harden (soil, snow, etc.)
quick pace; quick steps; quick march; trot (horse gait)
worn-out; run-down; shabby; tattered; dilapidated
fossil; petrifaction; petrification; fossilization
rocky area; rocky tract; rocky stretch (of a climb); wall (of rock)
death anniversary; Buddhist anniversary service
ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains
mistaken memory; trick of the memory; slip of the memory
to erase all trace of something
fixtures; furnishings; equipment
rendezvous; meeting; area where guests gather before the start of a tea ceremony; waiting room; (arch.) meeting place for assignations, drinking, etc.
large hole; big deficit; heavy losses; long-shot win (in horse racing, etc.); big winnings (on a long shot)