to get down to business; to cut to the chase; to get straight to the point; to move on to the main subject
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
golden and shiny; gaudy; gaudily decorated; brand spanking new; new and shiny
to arrange (flowers); to plant; living; live
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
(musical) time; tempo; beat; the moment; the instance; chance
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
ruffian; scamp; hooligan; out-of-work person; day laborer without a job
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
manager; landlord; warden; root (user)
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
reality; actuality; hard fact
inside; interior; inner part
epidemic; plague; pestilence
to end one's life; to commit suicide; to end a life; to kill
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
to take measures (against); to take steps
to play with; to joke; to use (esp. trick, sophistry, etc.); to deride; to scoff at; to make fun of
to try all possible means
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
somehow or other; for some reason or another
to go; to come; to turn out (at a meeting, event, etc.); to show up; to make your way to
No Entry; No Trespassing; No Admittance; off-limits; restricted; forbidden
ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
in succession; one after another
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault