clear; clearing (a bar, hurdle, etc.); overcoming; getting through; clearing (the ball); clearing (e.g. a checked box)
stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
substantiation; materialization; materialisation; (specific to object language classes) instantiation
function; facility; faculty; feature
circle and cross; right and wrong (answers); true-false
curse; spell; malediction
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
corner; bend; segment (within a radio or TV program); session; area; department
extravagant spending; wasteful spending; splurging; squandering
beep; honk (car horn); buzz (buzzer); boo (wrong answer, like buzzer on quiz shows)
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
to shoot out (lights, window, etc.)
every evening; night after night
action of making something; -ification
ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large
to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer
meddling; fumbling; fondling; playing around with something
(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course
inner sanctuary; inner shrine; sanctum sanctorum; holy of holies; place behind main hall of a temple enshrining temple founder, miraculous Buddhas, hidden statues, etc.
regular customer; general audience; general public
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
to exorcise; to cleanse; to purify
restlessly; in continuous motion
mountain road; mountain trail
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
to freeze; to freeze over
done; just done; just finished
one machine; one aircraft; one life
union; coalescence; amalgamation; copulation; penetration
maximum; max; mux (multiplexor)
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive
hokora; small wayside shrine