favorite (to win); favourite; one's heart's desire; first choice; chocolate given to a man on Valentine's day out of genuine sentiment
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
to manage something successfully; to be successful
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
Arctic Circle; the Arctic
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
thin (of an object); pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.)
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
unfavorable conditions; unfavourable conditions
to project; to stand out; to jut out; to go somewhere (e.g. for work); to proceed to; to leave for
to know; to understand; to (understand and) accept (a responsibility); to have a knowledge of (a skill, art, etc.); to have a command of
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore someone's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
to put together; to combine; to join together; to match against (e.g. in a sport)
intimidating air; sense of intimidation
... all over again (repeating the same failure)
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
appropriate time to do (something); occasion when (something) must be done
to accomplish (attain) one's object
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
story of one's experiences
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
to play with; to joke; to use (esp. trick, sophistry, etc.); to deride; to scoff at; to make fun of
calamity; disaster; accident
to be deeply impressed; to take to heart; to engrave on one's heart; to bear in mind; (lit.) to engrave on one's liver
death game; genre of fiction in which characters participate in a contest where their lives are at stake
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
guidance; showing the way; guide; guidepost; signpost; waymark
swing and a miss; (punching and) failing to make contact; (ending in) failure; fruitless effort
way; method; means; effect; result; worth
in the end; at the end of the day
taking into consideration; giving consideration (to)
this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now
my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!
hovering (of a helicopter, bird, etc.)
talkativeness; loquacity; polypetalous; multivalve
without a break; without stopping; incessantly; ceaselessly
under one's eyes; below one's eyes
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
busy; hectic; frantic; restless; hurried; fidgety
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
for better or worse; right or wrong; for good or ill
bottomless; unlimited; immeasurable; inexhaustible