to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
close to the wall; alongside the wall
body; trunk; torso; hull (boat); fuselage (aircraft)
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
thigh; buttocks; arse; ass
to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily
literally; to the letter; literal
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to take a breath; to take a short rest
wildly different (in ability, strength, etc.); on another level; in a different league; of different heights; uneven
equal (in ability); even; evenly matched; well-matched; on par (with)
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going
to feel; to sense; to experience
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
taking a long time; slowness; sluggishness; lack of firmness; looseness; slovenliness
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
tone (of voice); manner of talking
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far