to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
reality; actuality; hard fact
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
something like ...; something called ...
to become poor; to be poor
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
to finger; to tamper (with)
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
to exchange (messages, thoughts, etc.); to communicate
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
to discuss; to talk together
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to set (sun); to become dark
to begin to walk; to set out
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
to stop walking; to pause
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
principal occupation; main job; professional; an expert; I (of a government official, etc.); me
to live; to make a living; to get on with