joining (a club, organization, etc.); becoming a member; entry; admission; subscription; affiliation
death insurance; insurance payable at death
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
matter of life or death; life-and-death problem
morning; forenoon; just before noon
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
pressing; urging; demanding; demand
invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
function; facility; faculty; feature
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
being beaten by one's opponent's persistence; being outlasted; running out of patience; giving in; succumbing (to)
to yell; to rant; to rave
too terrible to look at; unbearable to look at
ago; since; before; previous
(really) terrible; awful; (very) nasty; (extremely) harsh; severe
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
doing whatever one pleases
remodeling; remodelling; restructuring; modding
departure; leaving; going away; recession
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
to swing; to shake; to wave; to veer; to deflect; to lean towards
peephole; spyhole; inspection hole; observation window
mistaking one person for another; (case of) mistaken identity
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
talking while standing; standing around talking
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK