to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
progress; advance; improvement; development
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
something like ...; something called ...
to give a round of applause; to applaud
price; cost; value; worth; value
(social) position; status
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
to continue to do; to persist in doing
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
closure (of a road); suspension of traffic; road closed; closed to traffic; no through road
email; mail (usu. in compound words); post; message (sent over a chat application); instant message; male
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
street at night; making a night journey
dozens; scores of; decades
overprotective; excessive care; overprotection; overprotectiveness
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
shabby; dull; cheap; lackluster; uninspiring; depressing
laughing while reminiscing
fetish; passion; enthusiasm
difference; variation; difference
in front of your nose; right next to you; tip of one's nose
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
first and last (time, chance, etc.); (the) only
to give shelter to; to lodge; to put up; to accommodate
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
real estate agent; realtor
assessment (of value, damages, etc.); revision (of a budget)
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
parroting back; repeating (something one was told) like a parrot
uninspiring; unexciting; dull; unrefined; uninteresting