date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
attack; assault; criticism; censure; cyber attack (e.g. DDoS)
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
to creep up to; to approach stealthily; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
adds emphasis to the following verb or indicates that the action is done forcefully or violently
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to squander (one's money); to run through (one's fortune); to lose money (e.g. by gambling)
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
no!; no no!; no, not at all
to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
metre (unit of length); meter; meter; gauge
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
waiting for the (traffic) lights to change; waiting for a green signal
after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward
group (of people); crowd; horde; throng; mob; multitude
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to start to move; to get going; to come alive
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
separate; scattered; apart
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
to keep an eye on; to keep a watchful eye on
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
tremendous; rapid; dramatic
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
one day; all day (long); the whole day; first day of the month
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
sorry; excuse me; thank you
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)