laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
untidy (room, pile, etc.); messy; cluttered; disorderly; jumbled (e.g. thoughts); chaotic (lifestyle, atmosphere, etc.)
utensil; implement; tool; instrument; appliance; apparatus
most part; greater part; majority
to account for; to make up; to occupy (a place, position, etc.); to hold (a rank, seat, etc.); to occupy (one's mind, heart, etc.); to weigh (on one's mind)
to provide; to furnish; to equip; to install
dress; outfit; equipment; makeup; adornment; guise
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
as you can imagine; as imagined
to be full of (e.g. adventure, youth, energy); to be overflowing with
to put together; to combine; to join together; to match against (e.g. in a sport)
to watch to the end; to ascertain; to determine; to know thoroughly; to obtain a deep understanding of
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different)
preservation; conservation; storage; save (to storage)
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to surge; to well up; to gush out
one by one; one each; one at a time
(large number of people, esp. students) singing and dancing around a bonfire at night
even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
convenient; handy; useful
consumption; expenditure; spending
occurring in succession; doing in succession; firing in rapid succession; volley of shots; volley (of questions, abuse, etc.); stream
ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
one may well say so, but ...; even more than
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
to express (in words); to confess
point of tangency; point of contact; (electrical) contact; point of contact (between); connection
near oneself; close to one; familiar
triumphant pose (assumed by an athlete, etc.)
to be pleased; to be in a good mood
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate
to be by far the best; to be much better; to excel; to be exceptional; to be prominent; to be outstanding
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
absolutely normal; perfectly commonplace; taken for granted