favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
silver hair; gray hair; grey hair
very young; little; childish; immature
place; room; margin; scope
agreement; coincidence; correspondence; conformity
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
half in doubt; half-convinced; dubious; incredulous
product; produce; result; fruit
seeing eye to eye; reaching an agreement; coinciding in opinion
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
legendary; fabled; fabulous
difficult situation; adverse circumstances; predicament; trouble; dilemma; distress
doubting; distrustful; incredulous; suspicious
your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency
this; our; the ... in question; right; justice; fairness
my sincere congratulations; please accept my congratulations
pride of place; most prominent; top-ranking
(exercising) the right to command
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
sensible; perceptive; quick to understand; understanding; sympathetic
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
stairs; stairway; staircase
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
(getting a) perfect score; scoring 100; grading students on a scale of one hundred; doing perfectly (in a test); leaving nothing to be desired
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression