meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
(degree of) public interest in forthcoming event or performance; advance reviews
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
to entertain; to make welcome
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
narrow-mindedness; intolerance; illiberality; narrowness
everything; anything; nothing
(another's) spirit; God's heart or spirit; Lord's will
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
to have a talk; to tell a story
to fish; to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
military system; military organization; military organisation
cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive action; dealing with decisively; cutting the (Gordian) knot
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
to take over; to hand over
sudden; unexpected; unpredictable; unforeseen
news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview
continuously; throughout; in succession
to chase; to run after; to pursue
to read a large number (of); to read widely; to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre)
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
sharing; division; draw; tie
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
figure of speech; rhetorical flourish
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
feeling; sensitivity; emotion
to make a lasting impression
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
to ask; to inquire; to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior); to visit; to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.)
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering