calamity; disaster; misfortune
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
one's bosom friend; kindred-spirit
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
great tumult; great strife; big loud bang; bustle; dirdum; hell broken loose
second division; secondary division
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
while; during; while; although; all; both
running through (north-south); cutting across; travelling across; cutting vertically; sectioning longitudinally
to do one good; to be beneficial; to stand in someone else's shoes; (arch.) to care deeply for someone
desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
one large ...; a great ...
spectacle; striking display; spectacular (scene, film, etc.); extravaganza; big-budget production
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
to visit one place after another without plan or effect; to gallivant about
tone (of voice); manner of talking
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now