romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break
bet; wager; stake; gamble
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
flexibility; pliability; softness; elasticity
adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment; playing by ear; ad hoc approach
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
random; by chance; haphazard; hit-or-miss; unplanned
to be moreish; to have a quality that encourages you to eat (drink) more of them after; to have lingering effects
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
appearance; emergence; advent; arrival; showing up; coming to existence
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
to surround; to crowd around; to gather around; to encircle; to besiege
to watch for an unguarded moment
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
(rock) crystal; high purity quartz
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
way of using (something); way to use; how to use; way of handling (employees, subordinates, etc.); way of treating; treatment
wide area; wide view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-out view
challenging (an unknown person); asking a person's identity
to surround; to encircle; to enclose; to fawn over (someone); to play up to; to curry favor with
to fly about; to jump about; to bustle about
concealment; hiding; covering up; suppression
unlimited; endless; boundless; infinite
black; black stone; guilt; guilty person
pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
moving forward (e.g. of a vehicle); onward movement; progress (of work, activities, etc.); advance; progression (of a disease, global warming, etc.); progression (e.g. chord progression)