I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
to reach a situation about which nothing can be done
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
Blood Pond; pool of blood; pond of blood (in hell)
indulgence (esp. in the Catholic Church); pardon; excuse; justification; making amends for a previous misdoing
anger; rage; resentment; indignation; exasperation
to come back (to); to return to a starting point
separate; special; another; separately
with that; on that note; altogether; ending at that point; cut off there
dark red; dark brown; reddish brown
to survive a life-threatening situation; to be out of danger
first-class goods; A-grade product
fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)
thorough; exhaustive; complete
to misplace; to put in the wrong place; to make a mistake in deciding the winner
fail-safe; foolproof; totally safe
as if it were about oneself
feeling of happiness; sense of well-being; euphoria
secret plan; secret scheme; secret stratagem; secret method
to be more than one can imagine (esp. of sadness, anguish, etc.); to be impossible to comprehend
source of information; intelligence source; message source
continuing from beginning to end; continuous run; appetizer; starter; performance of an entire play
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
to use excessively; to use too much; to spend too much; to overwork someone
dry and rough; desiccated; rustling
to clash; to collide; to conflict; to meet (by chance); to come across; to run into
villain; baddie; the villain's part
to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match
peaceful; tranquil; calm; restful
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
as soon as ... is completed; as soon as ... is done; as soon as one is able to ...; as soon as one has (free time)
model; dummy; model (profession); fashion model; model (of a vehicle, machine, etc.); version; model (e.g. mathematical)
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in a web browser)
to exaggerate; to overstate
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
abundant; ample; plentiful; lustrous; glossy
unintentionally; unconsciously; by mistake; heedlessly; against one's better judgement (judgment)
to open some distance (e.g. with other people)
potential; latent faculties; potential capacities
to conjecture; to comprehend; to surmise; to understand; to estimate