to cheer up; to be encouraged (by); to be in high spirits
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
first; preliminary; primary (sources, industry, etc.); original; linear (function, equation); first-order
visual area (of the brain); visual cortex
cutting to pieces; tearing to pieces
coalition; alliance; union; standing side-by-side
assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
function; facility; faculty; feature
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture
count; counting; count of balls and strikes; count (after a knock-down); count (of radioactivity)
going side-by-side; going abreast; running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
physical law; laws of physics
world history; international history
heavenly body; celestial body; astronomical object
home; household; family; hearth
medicine; medical science
term; terminology; wording; choice of words; phraseology
recipe; (medical) prescription; how-to guide (e.g. for crafts)
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point
point in common; common term; common trait; common denominator
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
pieces; scraps; disconnected
fill-in-the-blank question; cloze test (i.e. text with words removed)
dozens; scores of; decades
several hundred; hundreds (of)
to connect; to join; to join or tie or knot together
geometric progression; proliferation; multiplying like rats
explosive; sudden and dramatic (of an increase in sales, popularity, etc.); explosive; rapid
thousands; several thousand
several million; millions (of)
hundred million; 100,000,000; 10^8
innumerable; countless; numberless
skeleton; skeletal structure; build; framework