utmost limit; extremity; result
deadly serious; deadly earnest
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
research; study; investigation
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
chief; main; principal; important
preparedness; readiness; mental attitude; frame of mind
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
receiving an electric shock
blow; shock; strike; batting
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
corresponding to; being applicable to; being relevant to; coming under; falling under; fulfilling (requirements)
burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)
have to do; must; should; ought to
that's the way it is; such is life
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
shrill; strident; sharp (pain, e.g. headache, earache); ice-cold; very cold
difference; variation; difference
to become late; to fall behind; to lag; to pass (of time)
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
twelve o'clock; midnight; noon
this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that
list; table; schedule; catalogue; catalog
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
clerk; secretary; writing down; putting on record
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
crumpled; wrinkled; crinkled; creased
to take out; to take a handful of; to grab and throw; to turn someone out (of house, room, etc.)
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
contents (of a container, stomach, etc.); things inside
to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)