time for ...; time to ...; good time to ...; opportunity to ...; season
to give thought to; to bear in mind; to keep in mind
ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist
trick; trap; stratagem; intraoperative; during surgery
just kidding; not!; ersatz; imitation; phony
downhill; downward slope; descent; decline; waning; ebb
dividing for administrative purposes; partition; division
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
fall of the curtain; end of an act; end; ending; close
head; brains; intellect; understanding
affectation; pretension; thin veneer; blunt sword with a tempered steel edge
skating (esp. ice); skate; skates
to slide; to glide; to slip; to skid; to be slippery; to fail (an examination); to lose (a position)
minute; fine; detailed; subtle
to recover (one's) costs; to break even; to pay off (e.g. hard work); to be worth the effort
decisive moment; turning point; critical moment; win-or-bust situation
one's increasing age; approaching old age; aging steadily
deeply (stab, thrust, etc.); hard
catchers who warm up pitchers in the bullpen; tank (character that soaks up damage for the rest of the party in an MMORPG)
veteran; battle-worn; schooled by adversity in many battles; hard-bitten; rich in experience; very experienced
(inflectional) ending of a word; end of a sentence
leading; prominent; eminent; counting on one's fingers
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
donation; presentation; gift
to get information; to find out; to get wind of
throat; important part; vital area
iron pipe; steel pipe; metal pipe
low kick (e.g. in fighting)
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
spring (device); spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus
to stretch; to reach to; to stand on tiptoe
attack; offence; top (dominant partner of a homosexual relationship); barrage (of); flood (of)
any- (e.g. anything, anywhere, anyone); -ever (e.g. whatever, wherever, whenever); even (if it's just ...); at least; either ... or ...
uniform; even; across-the-board; equal
(not) even with; (not) even using
stopping a sword stroke between one's bare hands
impression of the teeth; tooth mold (mould); tooth mark; teeth marks
performance (e.g. music, dance, drama); something done (just) for show; theatre; performance (of a computer, car, investment, etc.)
pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray