doing whatever one pleases
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
to row; to scull; to pedal (e.g. bicycle); to swing (on a swing); to operate a hand pump; to push through (deep snow, the jungle, etc.)
wide difference; a world of difference
fall; tumble; spill; degradation; comedown; demotion
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
established practice; custom
trademark gag; trademark routine
quantity or volume of water
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
elegance; taste; refinement
grand; heroic; sublime; fierce
plural; multiple; several
fierce; intense; severe; violent; strong; vehement
fiercely fought contest; close game (match, race, etc.); dead heat
maneuver (usu. of military force); manoeuvre; mobile; nimble; agile
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
before one's eyes; under one's nose; immediate (e.g. interests); present; foresight; near future
to get one's head around; to think about
failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards
four-character compound word (usu. idiomatic)
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
pirate; sea robber; buccaneer; freebooter
to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side-by-side; to make someone get married; to get someone hitched