normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
plausible; believable; solemn; dignified; serious
to become serious; to take something seriously (joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (usu. at something trivial); to get worked up
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
source of river; fountainhead
discovery; detection; finding
expression; presentation; representation; notation
dance (esp. Western style); dancing
to be unable to understand; to baffle one's understanding; to be beyond one's comprehension
to become angry or sullen; to take offense; to be miffed; to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
trauma (usu. psychological)
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post); to be delivered
to crawl towards; to creep up to
high-spec; highly competitive (on the dating scene, e.g. by having a high income, being good-looking); ticking all the boxes
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
tall figure; high stature
mock exam; practice exam; practice test
deviation value (usu. scaled to mean of 50, standard deviation of 10, and often used for academic grades); deviation; T-score; standard score
superman; superhuman person; Superman (superhero)
pull tab; pull-tab; ring pull
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
to fight to the bitter end
to unite; to join; to do together; to confuse with
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
if you think about it; come to think of it
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
creative work (e.g. artistic, literary)
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation (photography); fixing
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
to throw at; to turn; to raise
as usual; as always; as ever; as before; still
hard struggle; strenuous effort