degree of difficulty; difficulty level
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
featureless (face); expressionless; flat; flat (terrain); smooth
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
earth (color, colour); ashen; deathly pale
kind; tender-hearted; compassionate
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
molding; moulding; shaping; modelling (i.e. plastic arts); modeling
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
figure; form; figurine; model figure; figure skating
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
is something that; is that which
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
process; operation; stage of a process; progress of work
demolition; taking down; dissolution (of an organization, company, etc.); breaking up; dissection (of a body); dismemberment
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
third day of the month; three days
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
calamity; disaster; misfortune
foresight; foreknowledge; intimation; premonition; prediction
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
approximate (number); rough (calculation); sloppy (person); lackadaisical
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
having had enough (of); fed up (with); sick and tired (of); to learn one's lesson; to learn from a bad experience