important; essential; significant; major; key; principal
ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt
frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken
perfectly round; perfectly circular
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; goal; intent; object
group; party; team; organization; organisation; association
board of directors; board of trustees
meeting; assembly; association; conjunction
in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
to hold (an event); to give (a dinner, party, etc.); to feel (sensation, emotion, call of nature, etc.); to show signs of
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
to like; to love; to be fond of
fossil; petrifaction; petrification; fossilization
existence; being; presence
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
(not) altogether; (not) wholly
therefore; for that reason; such being the case
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
serviceman; servicewoman; soldier; member of the armed forces; military personnel
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling
club; fraternity; sorority; clubhouse
reputation; (public) estimation; rumour; rumor; fame; notoriety
acquaintance; making someone's acquaintance
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
while being out of the office or away from home
bloodthirsty killer; cold-blooded murderer; homicidal maniac
to lure (someone) out; to lure away; to decoy out
such a stupid ...; what a crazy ...; no way!; what nonsense!; how can that be?
without; but if; otherwise; or else
appointment; rendezvous; date
with hesitation; haltingly; falteringly; reluctantly