to defy conventional wisdom
gradually; day by day; every day; each day
splendid; magnificent; gorgeous
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
evening meal; dinner; supper
chicken tender; chicken tenderloin
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
easily bored; quick to lose interest; fickle; capricious
to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
fortune-telling; divination; fortune-teller; diviner
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
to revel in trouble and discord; to be bent on making trouble; to like starting fights
diviner; fortune teller; soothsayer
hot topic; talk of the town
casual income; extraordinary revenue; incidental income; nonrecurring income; perquisite
with energy (of parties and such); enthusiastically; going all out
complex (i.e. a group of facilities on the same site)
line; queue; procession; matrix
mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about
exhausted; worn out; battered (esp. of clothing); worn out; (boiling) to a pulp; to a mash
pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of
participation (in a tournament, match, race, etc.); entry; appearance (on the stage, television, etc.); exiting (a venue, train station, etc.); exit; being dispatched (of an ambulance, fire engine, etc.)
coach; coaching; training
comparison; something worthy of comparison
toilet; lavatory; water closet; restroom; bathroom
out-of-school; off-campus
lost game; game with slim chances of winning
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; neglecting (e.g. one's studies); leaving unattended
to carry something out of a place; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery); to mention something; to broach a topic
appreciation (of art, music, poetry, etc.)
hurdle; hurdle race; hurdles; hurdle; obstacle
argument based on personal impressions
you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just
breakthrough (research, etc.); breach; opening
to cross one's mind; to occur to one
to tell someone's fortune; to divine (the future); to predict; to forecast
constellation; astrological sign; star sign; zodiac sign
lucky color; lucky colour
to have something (likely) come to mind; to be reminded of something; to understand a point
lines of the palm (in palm reading); appearance of the palm of the hand