anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
short temper; quick temper; hot temper; impatience; irritability
flopping (e.g. on a bed); scattering (e.g. limbs horizontally)
setback; failure (e.g. plans, business); frustration; discouragement
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
chain; chaining; connection; (genetic) linkage
one grade; first-class; primary
first-rate; finest quality; the best
middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
prop; stay; support; brace; fulcrum
fort; stronghold; fortification
smoking a cigarette without holding it with one's fingers; holding a cigarette in one's mouth
to be greatly obliged; to be very sorry
(are you) alright?; (are you) OK?
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
bill of exchange; draft; draught
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
healing; soothing; therapy; comfort; solace
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
recklessness; rashness; foolhardiness; temerity; (lit.) without watching where one is going
personal (employee); employed; retained
generous; magnanimous; big-hearted; broad-minded; (lit.) big-bellied
to stand on tiptoe; to rise in the world; to become arrogant
study; learning; tutorial
to become possible; to become able to (do)
control; bringing under control; settling (a matter); putting in order
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry
sponsor; promoter; impresario; organizer; organiser
evening deepens into night; the night wears on; night advances
boasting; big talk; bombast; Australian English
all's right with the world; all is as it should be
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
to row; to scull; to pedal (e.g. bicycle); to swing (on a swing); to operate a hand pump; to push through (deep snow, the jungle, etc.)
mole cricket (esp. the Oriental mole cricket, Gryllotalpa orientalis); being penniless; being broke
guest of honor; guest of honour; good customer; important customer
level of comfort (of objects you sit on)
filling; packing material; stuffing; padding
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
to balance the accounts; to make consistent; to make coherent