reality; actuality; hard fact
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; indulgent
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
stomach ache; abdominal pain
to carry over (an issue, decision, work, etc.); to carry forward; to put off; to postpone; to defer
desire; want; will; wish; urge; craving
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.)
because of; owing to; due to
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
even more; still more; further
loop; band; loop (in a program); looping (of a video, slideshow, etc.); repeating (e.g. of a conversation); time loop (in fiction); temporal loop
completion; perfection; accomplishment
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the means for the end; getting one's priorities backwards
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
failure; mistake; blunder
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
to use up; to exhaust; to wear out
going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing
soon; before long; slowly; quietly; already; about time
Moon; month; moonlight; (a) moon; natural satellite
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
departure; leaving; setting off
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
confidence; trust; faith; credit
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
regular customer; regular patron; regular visitor; constant companion
negotiations; bargaining; discussions; connection; relationship; relations
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
to memorize; to memorise; to commit to memory; to learn by heart; to bear in mind; to remember
putting (a named suspect) on the wanted list
either way; in any case; one way or another
occurrence; happening; incident; event
to repeat; to do over again
journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling