to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
outline; summary; gist; roughly; about; nearly
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
personality; individuality; TV personality; celebrity
to inform; to give notice; to tell in advance; to ask for permission (before doing something); to ask first
omission; leaving out; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; effect
needless fear; groundless apprehension; unfounded worry
reward; honorarium; remuneration
power; might; authority; spirits; vigor; vigour
low spirits; depression; dejection; discouragement; despondency
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
(period of) a year; during the era (of)
public entertainment; performing arts; accomplishments; attainments
pause; suspension; rest; stoppage
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
blank period; window period; interregnum
to listen attentively to; to be absorbed in (listening to)
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
rehabilitation; remaking one's life; rebirth; regeneration; coming back to life; revival
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
downer (dispiriting person or thing); killjoy; gloomy feeling; downer (drug; esp. a barbiturate); depressant
support; backing; endorsement; propping up; holding up; support
philosophical view; looking at philosophically; long view; farsighted view
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
show business; entertainment industry; world of entertainment
custom; convention; common practice; (arch.) becoming accustomed (to)
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
outspoken; forthright; frank; direct
yes and no; for and against
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
distant future; inevitable future; places one goes to
outskirts; environs (of a city); surrounding area; surroundings
land reclamation; land fill
combination; union; combined; joint; congruence
village garbage collection point
flame; blaze; fire; attack; aggression
abandonment; giving up; throwing away; disposal; dumping