brain work; mental work; nonmanual labor
guess; speculation; supposition
to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink
dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy
every person; every mouth; every entrance
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
to stand, walk, etc. shoulder-to-shoulder; to be on a par with
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
to look around; to survey
verbal gaffe; verbal slip; slip of the tongue; using improper words
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
decisive blow; game-winning hit (e.g. in baseball)
to begin to strike; to kick out; to forcefully expel; to hammer (pattern, etc.) into metal
shivering (with cold); trembling (with fear); shuddering
character; personality; (fictional) character; letter; character
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
dreamworld; dreamland; la-la land
unexpected; contrary to expectations; by chance; casual
with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
service; help; discount; discounted item; free service; freebie; service
horseplay; fooling around
one sweep (of the eye); sweeping view; unbroken view
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
all sorts of; all kinds of
to be at a loss; to be puzzled
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
to vitalize (e.g. an industry); to invigorate; to energize; to establish (e.g. a company); to build up; to set up
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
to subsist; to keep on living