daily food; regular diet; staple food
push; pushing; weight; pressure; authority; forcefulness
greedy; grasping; tightfisted; predatory (e.g. business); calculating; avaricious
anyway; anyhow; setting aside ...; regardless of ...; really; truly
to take (someone to a place); to take (someone) with one; to take along; to lead away
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
comfortable (to live in); snug; cozy; cosy
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
... years old; age (of) ...
life story; personal narrative; story of one's life
spreading around (news, rumor, etc.); making widely known; making public; publicizing; proclaiming
temple; shrine; sanctuary
psychic trauma; psychological trauma
(the) whole; as a whole; in general; at large
position in a game; state of the game; situation; stage; phase
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, crisis, etc.); overcoming; surmounting; bringing under control
living thing; living creature; animal; life
nothing but; except; no more than
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
point worthy of note; good point; part worth seeing; (signs of) promise; good prospects (for the future)
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
hickey; hickie; love bite; kiss mark; lipstick mark
to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound
matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); (court) case; project; enterprise; advertisement
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck
(balance) scales; carrying pole; shoulder pole; thread take-up lever (on a sewing machine); spreader bar
genuine article; real thing; real deal
compensation; indemnification; reparation; restitution; recompense
to stagnate; to be delayed; to be left undone; to be overdue (of a payment); to fall into arrears; to be outstanding
it's not over yet; you haven't seen anything yet; it's not over until the fat lady sings; it's too soon to tell; we're not out of the woods
matter for the future; something that is a long way off; something that is not going to happen anytime soon
(a person's) appearance from behind; person as seen from behind; back view; retreating figure
from the beginning; without hesitation; entirely; completely; head-on; head-first
to examine (medically); to have a look at; to check (a patient's pulse)
influence; clout; leverage
to give up on; to turn one's back on; to abandon; to forsake; to desert; to leave
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence