centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
valley; ravine; cleavage (of breasts); part or place that has been left behind; blind spot
idiom; set phrase; idiomatic phrase
in that way; like that; that way
living thing; living creature; animal; life
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse
to come to one's senses; to calm down
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
extreme close-up (photo, shot)
to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of
cleavage (between breasts)
strain; deformation; warp; harmful effects; strain; stress
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
point; dot; one point; one matter; one point (in a game, exam, etc.); one mark
cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); gloom; dejection
to be at a loss for words
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
delusion; wild idea; (wild) fancy; (ridiculous) fantasy
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
outflow; effluence; efflux; outflow (of people, capital, etc.); drain (of gold, talent, etc. from a country); leak (e.g. of personal information)
having said that; on the other hand; (but) then; (but) still
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
large building; building with a long roof; counter for buildings, apartments, etc.
willpower; energy; vitality
physical strength; power; stamina; strength (of a business, economy, etc.)
to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)
toilet; restroom; lavatory; bathroom
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
that is to say; so that means
even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to get hungry; to become hungry
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)