the more you do (it), the... (e.g. "the more you drink, the better it tastes")
fraction; odd sum; odd money; small change; (arch.) low class female servant
although; though; despite the fact that ...
unfinished; unfilled (order); unexecuted
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
what can you say?; what (more) can I say?; what more is there to say?; what's left to say?
to use up; to exhaust; to wear out
exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
retention; maintenance; preservation
to assemble; to put together; to set up; to form (words, sentences, etc.)
protracted war; war of attrition
report of late arrival; tardy slip
present location; current location; "you are here" (on map)
latecomer; person who arrives late
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
senior; elder; person older than oneself
spare time; free time; leisure time
report; notification; registration
to be at a complete loss; to be without recourse; to be completely stymied; to have absolutely no idea what to do
fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight
one's own potential; real ability; one's own strength
to the limit; to the fullest extent; absolutely the limit; one cup after another; cup by cup
honorable death; death without surrender; honorable defeat; trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love
important person; strategic person; key figure
creed; belief; conviction; article of faith
to tie up (roughly; esp. to prevent escape); to bind; to arrest
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
independent action; acting alone
being placed one upon another; piling up; superimposition; superposition; excellent; splendid
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
out of control; out of hand; unmanageable
common front; united front
former boyfriend; ex-boyfriend
hard-to-forgive; intolerable; inexcusable; unpardonable
breaking off a relationship; permanent breach of friendship; rupture
binding; regulation; limit; binding period (e.g. phone or broadband contract); minimum contract term
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself