tall and thin; long and thin; lanky; spindly; gangly
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
top of the shoulders; tip of the shoulder; collar
to cut and even up; to cut several pieces to the same size
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
portion; part; snapshot; glimpse
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
though; notwithstanding; although
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open; opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
use; utilization; utilisation; application
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
breath; breathing; tone; mood
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
way of speaking; intimation
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)