to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
end; limit; bounds; extremity; result; fate
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
to break by hand (e.g. a flower); to break off (a twig); to pluck (a flower, a bud); to make a young woman one's own thing
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave
to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
deliberate hindrance; obstruction
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result
guidepost; signpost; guide; manual; tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica)
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
connection; link; relationship
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)
to fire a gun; to let off a gun; to loose off a shell
apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
accompanying; being accompanied by; going with
escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
load; baggage; cargo; burden; responsibility
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged