to divide; to separate; to partition; to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud)
confused fight; free-for-all; melee; dogfight; scuffle; rough-and-tumble
dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot
from the beginning; from the first; of course; not to mention ...; not only ... but also ...
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
love; attachment; tender emotions; falling in love
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
to raise one's voice; to shout
heavy blow; major blow; severe blow; serious damage
to help (someone) out of trouble; to rescue; to save
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
to turn up (of evidence, etc.); to become known; to be arrested; to be caught (of a criminal); to be moved to a higher position (of a body part); to be raised (e.g. of a hand to ask a question)
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
lost point (in a game); point given away; run charged to the pitcher; blunder; mistake
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
once-in-a-lifetime (opportunity); golden (opportunity); one-in-a-million (chance)
viewing as a problem; problematizing
to advise strongly; to insist (on something)
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
sidelong glance; flirtatious glance
palpitation (of the heart); pounding; throbbing; thumping
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
black; black stone; guilt; guilty person
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
disadvantage; drawback; demerit; bad point; minus
to feel affectionate towards; to have feelings for; to care for; to hold dear
troublesome; annoying; complicated
to settle peacefully; to work out peacefully; to come to an amicable solution; to become reconciled
main course (of a river); mainstream; main current (e.g. of thought)
cruel; hard-hearted; harsh; unkind
trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle
to build; to construct; to erect; to build up (a reputation, position, fortune, etc.); to establish (a relationship, household, tradition, etc.); to lay (a foundation)
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
to cross one's mind; to be reminded
to take into consideration; to use one's discretion
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
to pray for the repose of someone's soul; to pray for the souls of the departed
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)
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
inside this; in this; in here; among these; of this group; out of these