honor; honour; prestige; dignity; honorary (e.g. president, doctorate)
vacuum; absolute void; complete vacuity
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch
explanation; excuse; clarification; vindication; apology
celebratory banquet; feast
busy; having no time (for)
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
rampaging; raging violently; going berserk
to soothe and humor; to coax
pit of the stomach; solar plexus
to be a matter of life or death; to be life-threatening
competing; competition; auction
unconsciousness; having no recollection of one's actions
moderate; proper; just right
to fall asleep; to sleep soundly; to become dull; to lose vigour
to make out; to neck; to canoodle; to fondle each other; to flirt (with)
closing one's eyes; passing away; dying peacefully
sense of urgency; feeling of high tension
(unpleasant) state of affairs; predicament; mess
disgraceful behavior; disgraceful behaviour; shameful conduct; shameful sight
to put oneself in (situation, environment, etc.); to surround oneself with
to have guts; to be unwavering in one's resolution
determining a speaker's true or hidden meaning; determining a speaker's intentions from his manner of speech; (arch.) divining good or bad luck from listening to someone
obstacle; impediment; disability; handicap; steeplechase; obstacle race
deflection; deviation; variation; declination; drift
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
long distance; long haul; long-distance race
to take (be in) charge of
short distance; close range
to get help; to enlist aid
solution; solution strategy
serious wound; serious injury
steady state; stable state
to stop (doing something); to cease; to leave as is; to leave alone; to exclude; to except
preservation; conservation; maintenance; integrity
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; perversion (esp. sexual)
moving forward (e.g. of a vehicle); onward movement; progress (of work, activities, etc.); advance; progression (of a disease, global warming, etc.); progression (e.g. chord progression)