distance; interval; gap; difference; estrangement
often (happens); tend to; be apt to; be likely to
conceit; hubris; vanity; presumption
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); cloze deletion (test format)
in bad taste; vulgar; tasteless
whole story; full picture; full particulars
bright place; the light; the open; light of day; public knowledge
something like ...; something called ...
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
to paint (draw) a picture
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
deck (e.g. ship, tape, cassette, observation, train vestibule)
association; union; guild
withdrawal; revocation; repeal; demolition; removal
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
last week; the week before
coming flying in (migratory birds, airborne sand, pollen, etc.); coming by airplane
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
it's no joke; gimme a break!
to steal a glance; to intercept and read (e.g. other people's email)
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
to cause; to induce; to bring about a result or state; to produce
in advance; beforehand; previously
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
deadline; closing; cofferdam; closed (door, window, etc.)
to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
counter for books; volume