taking leave (of a visited place); leaving; going home; leaving one's employment; quitting one's job; being dismissed
parting gift; remembrance; aftereffect
advance warning; previous notice; prior announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
appearance; emergence; advent; arrival; showing up; coming to existence
weird; disgusting; sickening
to call a person's attention (to)
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
to twine; to get tangled; to be involved (e.g. of money in a matter); to get involved (in); to pick a quarrel (with); to find fault (with)
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
baptism; christening; initiation (into a society, group, etc.); baptism; one's first experience of something; baptism (by fire, etc.)
aperture; bore; calibre; caliber
performance; trick; feat; extraordinary deed; daring act; bold move
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
orbit; trajectory; (railroad) track; (right) track; proper course
madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic
a long time ago; long ago
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
to be contrary; to run counter (to); to conflict (with); to disagree (with)
crucible; melting pot; melting pot (of cultures, ideas, etc.); state of ecstasy; state of fevered excitement
shameful; disgraceful; unsightly; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming
beyond this point; ahead; from now on; after this; in the future
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
reinforcement; augmentation; strengthening; increase; buildup
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
to rest (from work, studying, etc.); to take a break
to intercommunicate; to exchange (messages, vows, etc.)
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
closely contested constituency; highly competitive marketplace; (fig.) battleground
long-serving soldier; veteran
meaning; tenor; effect; influence; appearance; aspect
to call; to name; to call oneself ...; to go by the name of ...; to purport (to be); to profess
casualties; the killed and wounded
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
expected; anticipated; hoped for; expectation
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
seeming to want to say something; looking like one wants to give one's opinion