ligase; synthase; synthetase
iron plate; steel plane; sure thing; certain winner
now that; since; as long as; provided that
heart pounding; chest tightening
coloring; colouring; colour development; production of colour
jujube (Ziziphus jujube); Chinese date; red date; small tea caddy (tea ceremony)
having slow reflexes; being nonathletic; person who is not athletic
panorama; panoramic painting
hand; handball (soccer foul)
specialization; specialisation; differentiation
preliminary step; first step
lead nowhere; get one nowhere; no use; fruitless; there's no point (in doing)
crossing without meeting (e.g. letters in the post, people on the road); going astray; difference of opinion; misunderstanding; estrangement
heart-wrenchingly; with a thrill in one's heart
to take another good look at; to reconsider; to analyze; to reexamine
to hate the very sight of; to hold a grudge against; to treat like an enemy; to bear constant enmity; to be gunning for; to have it in for
national convention; national competition; national athletic meet
next-door neighbors; (living, sitting) next to each other
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
vibrator; vibe; feeling; vibes; vibraphone; vibration
athletic meet (esp. at school); sports day
setting; installing; setting up (meeting, conference, etc.); stage setting; setting (of a novel, movie, play, etc.)
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
unrequited love; one-sided love
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
joint party (e.g. by students from several colleges); combined party; mixer; two or more groups, esp. female and male students, combining for a party
disorderly; messy; absurd; unreasonable; very; extremely
what the?; what's that?; what are you doing?; what's going on?
contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.); submission; post (on a blog, social media, etc.)
order; reservation; order; sequence; order (of magnitude); architectural order
strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa)