middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
hairstyle with hair cut short to typical men's hair length
straight; straightforward; direct; straight (wins, sets, etc.); straight (liquor); neat; entering university right after graduating high school
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
derisory; negligible; minimal; nominal; imperceptible
small number; few; minority
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
flight; running away; absconding; elopement
though; although; notwithstanding; while; as; at the same time as
to buy (stock, materials, etc.); to purchase; to lay in; to get; to obtain
whatever way; any way; either way; one way or the other
release (of information, documents, etc.); disclosure; display; discovery
well, ...; right, ...; so; then; that way (would mean ...); if that is the case
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
obstruction; impediment; hindrance; inhibition; blocking; check
art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
had better ...; had better not ...
to put (into); to put away (in); to include (in an anthology, catalogue, etc.); to contain; to achieve (results, success, etc.); to obtain; to pay (fees, taxes, etc.)
to fill (with); to be filled with; to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
emission (of light); radiation (of light); luminescence
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to impose; to visit upon; to inflict
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)