safe and secure; safe and worry-free
minimum; minuscule; local minimum
tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act
high-rise (building); multistory; multistoried; high (altitude); upper (atmosphere, air current, etc.)
university town; college town
student accommodation; student dormitory
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
unthinkable; count for nothing; not matter; out of the question
emotional attachment; attitude (expressing emotion); meditative pose (e.g. an actor); posing for effect
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
(brute) force; using all one's might
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
number of stairs or stories (storeys); rank; order
bottomless; unlimited; immeasurable; inexhaustible
present (brought by a visitor); gift
to be helpful; to help; to be of assistance; to come in handy
handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features)
due form; official; formality
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift
banquet or reception hall
money in one's possession
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
portrait photo; mug shot; face shot; photograph of a person's face
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
unaware; unmindful; unconscious; blind; apathetic
with a bang bang (sound of a hammer or gunfire); at a mad pace (spend money, work); with great vigor
greed; avarice; covetousness; greedy person
close quarters combat; CQC
if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is; there's a flip side to every coin
to get along well with; to make a go of it
lowest-ranking; one-star (hotel, restaurant, etc.)
repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well
to happen suddenly; to take place unexpectedly
returning tit for tat; retaliating
to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
insertion; incorporation; infixing
before one's eyes; under one's nose; immediate (e.g. interests); present; foresight; near future