to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
easily; readily; with ease; without trouble
to cross; to intersect; to associate with; to mingle with; to have a sexual relationship; to copulate
deep place; depths; depth; profundity
to cry one's eyes out; to make one's eyes swollen from crying
reddish tinge; tinge of red; slight redness; reddishness; blush
video (esp. a televised image); videotape; VHS tape; videocassette recorder; VCR; video (short film)
telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration
looking over someone's shoulder
to become red; to redden; to blush
witnessing; observing; sighting
scrubbing hard; scrubbing clean
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
opening and shutting; opening and closing
sports club (e.g. at school); sports department (e.g. in a newspaper)
concert band (as a school activity); wind ensemble
unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
to leave (someone) alone; to leave to oneself; to leave (someone) be
one (thin, flat object); one sheet
to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge; to fish
this and that; one thing and another
safe; vault; storage cabinet
cardboard box; carton; corrugated box
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; to appear on the cover of a magazine
to wither; to wilt; to droop; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to be depressed
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
character written by brush; brush-stroke character
abolition; discontinuance; discontinuation; repeal; annulment
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes