to become rounded; to roll into a ball
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
pink; erotic (usually used in relation to the sex industry); blue; pornographic
colouring; coloring; shade (of colour); flavour; nuance; feel
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
lisping; poorly expressed; unclear (wording); imprecise (expression)
young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age
alphabet; ABCs; the ABCs (of); basics; activity-based costing; ABC
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
comparatively; relatively
deep sea; depths of the sea; ocean depths
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
ability; capability; competence; skill
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
mean; malicious; scheming; wicked; black-hearted
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
world-destroying conflagration
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
exhibition room (e.g. museum); showroom (for goods)
remodelling; remodeling; reorganization; reorganisation
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after