river; stream; River; the ... river
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
older brother; elder brother
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; coffeehouse; cafe
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
pudding (esp. custard); black hair dyed blond but where the roots have again turned black
Hamburg steak; hamburger steak
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
French; French food; French cuisine
professor; teaching; instruction
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
division (of company); operations department
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
pigment; coloring; colouring; colorant; colourant
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
to increase; to add to; to augment
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
average (normal, ordinary) year; every year; annually
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
mass communication; mass media
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
day on which a park (or kindergarten, zoo, etc.) is closed