preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
to stay up all night; to spend the night without sleep
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
personal; individual; private
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
windfall; piece of good luck
desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
resignation; acceptance; consolation
act of God; irresistible force; inevitability; force majeure; vis major
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
constant attendance; uninterrupted supervision; staying with someone all the time
to have meaning; to be meaningful
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
rope; cord; policeman's rope
to twine (fibers to make rope); to twist
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
flight; escape; running away; flying high
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
how; in what way; circumstances
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
probability; likelihood; chances
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
proximity; nearness; soon; nearby
encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)
to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to rack one's brains over (wrack)