to mishear; to hear wrongly; to misunderstand
acrobatic flying; aerobatics
thrill ride (at an amusement park)
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
faint; trance; swoon; stupefaction
to be unable to let pass unnoticed; to be unable to be indifferent; to be unable to just watch (without doing anything)
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
valley; ravine; glen; gorge
valley; ravine; cleavage (breasts); slum
altitude sickness; mountain sickness
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
mountain range; mountain belt
area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)
performance; trick; feat; extraordinary deed; daring act; bold move
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
discovery; detection; finding
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to drag; to pull
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
faintly; weakly; dimly; fool; simpleton; dimwit
(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment; playing by ear; ad hoc approach
number of persons; personnel
dispatch; despatch; transmission; informing (e.g. of opinion); sharing (thoughts, etc.); telling
device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity
destructive blast; blowing up; explosion
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
memorization; memorisation; learning by heart
useless; waste of time and effort; pointless; vain efforts
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why