area; domain; territory; field; range; region
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
sweeping sideways; mowing down
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
reality; actuality; hard fact
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
dead of night; shades of night; black of night
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
one's eyes; (pair of) eyes
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
to squash; to crush; to flatten
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
begging for one's life; pleading for one's life
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
to rub on; to rub against; to lay the blame on; to strike (a match)
dignity; majesty; solemnity; gravity
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover