favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
comfortable (to live in); snug; cosy; cozy
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
racing (of an engine); spinning one's wheels; running idle; fruitless effort; going nowhere; going round in circles
brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
to leave one's seat; to temporarily excuse oneself (from a meeting, etc.); to step outside; to be away (from one's desk, etc.)
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
bloodsucking; sucking blood
wincing; cowering; shrinking; flinching; recoiling
transfer; assignment; conveyance
drunkenness; intoxication; motion sickness; travel sickness
concurrence; coincidence; complication (in illness)
well-known only to those in the know; be well-known but to the few; highly regarded by a select few
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
system; organization; organisation; architecture
reaching; attaining; arrival
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
to be of use as a reference; to be helpful
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
even if not; even without
to swing; to shake; to wave; to veer; to deflect; to lean towards
watch-keeping; guard; lookout
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
intimate; carefree; familiar; friendly
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification