change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
enforcement; implementation; putting into practice; carrying out; operation; working (e.g. working parameters)
highest (e.g. floor); top; best; finest; supreme
starting line (in a race); start line; starting point
impact (on); (strong) impression; effect; impact (of a ball against a racket, bat, club, etc.)
play; playing; game; play and dance (at a kindergarten or elementary school)
quiet; still; surreptitious
to make snide remarks; to put into bad mood
round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw
restoring one's impaired reputation; regaining one's honor; redeeming oneself
large number (of); many; majority
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
inner circumference; internal circumference
to take one's place; to take one's position; to go into position; to line up
a step; short distance; short time
truancy; school non-attendance
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
to return a punch; to strike back; to hit (the ball) straight back; to plow up; to plough up; to renovate (cotton fabric)
to gain fame; to make one's name
to participate in (as a member); to get involved in
one's habitual practice; usual measure; old trick
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
expressing one's feelings; communicating one's intention; declaration of intent
unattractive; ugly; unstylish; uncool
clearing one's name; redeeming oneself; restoring one's honor
to keep an eye on; to keep a watchful eye on
every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)
bad reputation; poor reception; unpopularity; disrepute
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
Alice band; (horseshoe-shaped) headband (worn over the forehead); hairband
faked information; bogus intelligence; disinformation
to spread; to be propagated
immediate reply; quick answer; ready agreement
a little embarrassing; slightly embarrassed; somewhat ashamed; extremely embarrassing; extremely embarrassed
to become rough (waves, temper, etc.); to become excited; to become aggravated
dividing line; parting (of the hair); partition; crisis; decisive moment
to create (a sensation); to cause (a commotion); to give rise to (controversy); to raise (a cloud of dust); to kick up (dust)
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with