generation; lifetime; age
threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill
station; office; guardroom
report; return (e.g. tax); statement; declaration; notification; filing
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
ideal land; earthly paradise; Utopia; Arcadia
to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around
one Nth part (e.g. one fifth, one tenth); one out of N
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
change of attitude (stance, position); lightness of foot; ability to dodge out of the way of an attack
flash; instant; lightning (speed)
Chinese whispers; telephone (game)
acrobatic barrel-rolling (performed using the feet while lying on the back); handing something around (within a fixed group of people in a pre-arranged order); handing off a problem to someone else (in order to evade responsibility)
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
staff; stuff; stuffing; filling
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy
unable to stay healthy; ruining one's health; exceeding the limits of one's body; unable to maintain one's fortune
final; eventual; ultimate
pitch dark; total darkness
the way back; the way home; return trip
being concentrated on one thing; devoting oneself completely to something
person who has great confidence (faith) in himself
magnification; leverage; amplification; competitiveness rating (e.g. for university entrance); applicant-to-acceptance ratio
to apply pressure from above; to press down; to overwhelm; to overpower; to repress
interests and preferences
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
deliberately; intentionally; on purpose; purposely
this way and that; (by) various means; (by) every means
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
to give up searching (for someone or something)
to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy
bus on a regular route; fixed-route bus; transit bus
to shut out; to bar; to lock out; to exclude
difficult to be (in a place); not feeling like staying
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
diet; losing weight by any method (e.g. exercise)
munching; devouring; gobbling up; (arch.) shaggy; (arch.) disheveled; (arch.) unkempt