study; library; den; home office; reading room
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
soldier; combatant; warrior
natural (e.g. talent); innate; inborn; inherent
to face on; to look out on to
carpet; rug; mat, mattress, quilt etc. spread out on the floor (or ground) and used to sit or sleep on; spread; (cloth) cover
wallpaper; wallpaper; background image; desktop image
book making (binding, publishing)
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
survival; remaining; being extant; being left
energy; vigor; vigour; vitality
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull
newton (N) (SI unit of force); Newton (Sir Isaac)
vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool; (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel
deep emotion; impression; inspiration
insufficient; inadequate; imperfect
Lord; Highness; (arch.) you
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
to begin to write; to begin writing; to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting
translated sentence; translated passage; translation; version; rendering
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain; England
fertile; productive; fruitful
abundant (grain) crop; good harvest
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
steam; vapour; vapor; steamboat; steam locomotive
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
railroad; railway; rail transport
to arrange (flowers); to plant; living; live
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
to be idle; to slacken; to neglect (e.g. one's work)
it is not possible (to, that); there is no such thing as
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
immediate; right there on the spot; impromptu; instant; instantaneous
every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of
any- (e.g. anything, anywhere, anyone); -ever (e.g. whatever, wherever, whenever); even (if it's just ...); at least; either ... or ...