to burst open; to pop; to split
to become familiar with and cherish; to get to know and love
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work
meddling (in); butting in; interference; poking one's nose into
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
common saying; everyday talk; common parlance; vulgar; lowbrow; indecent
to hand (over); to deliver in person
enjoyment; pleasure; amusement; anticipation; looking forward to; something to look forward to
for use by adults; for adults
valuable; worthwhile; worthy; worth doing
unused item; never-used item
right to know; right to access information
to butt into a conversation (from someone uninvolved)
smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation
to be able to reach; to be within one's reach; to be able to afford; to be near (a certain age)
to brush off; to shake off
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
location information (as used by location-based services, e.g. GPS position)
personal; inter-personal; anti-personnel (e.g. weapon, mine); anti-human; personal liability (e.g. insurance)
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing
different opinion; objection
restitution; damages; indemnity; compensation
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
refund; repayment; reimbursement
acknowledged; accepted; agreed
moving (dwelling, office, etc.); changing residence
to blow (on); to breathe (on); to pick (a fight); to provoke; to exaggerate; to ask (an unreasonable price)
top of the head; crown of the head
taking on one's share (e.g. of work); dividing (work, expenses, etc.) between; apportionment; allotment; allocation; assignment
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
fragment; broken piece; one of the same group; accomplice; one of a pair; counterpart
(not) at all; (not) in the least; (none) whatsoever
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
to dry up; to shrivel (up); to go (completely) dry; to wither (of talents, feelings, etc.); to become desiccated (e.g. of ideas)
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
pretending not to know; feigning ignorance
to slide into; to slip into
obstruction; hindrance; blocking; disturbance; interference; interruption
deterrence; ability to deter (an attack, etc.)
to roll about with laughter; to be convulsed with laughter; to laugh one's head off