application; subscription; entry (competition, raffle, etc.); enlistment
the strait gate (in the Bible); the narrow gate; high barrier (to enter a highly competitive school, company, etc.); difficult hurdle; difficulty
judging; inspection; examination; investigation; review
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind someone's back
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
research thesis; treatise
recital (i.e. of music, by a pupil); presentation (e.g. product launch)
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
depressed; bummed out; down; heavy-hearted; heavy-spirited; feeling reluctant (to do)
having nothing to do; having time on one's hands (and not knowing what to do); being at a loose end; being bored
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
push; pushing; weight; pressure; authority; forcefulness
to put to bed; to lay down lengthwise; to put a thing on its side; to set something aside unused; to let lie idle; to ferment
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
to lie down; to throw oneself down
off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory
gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); plagiarism; rip-off
item; heading; category; headword (in a dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.); entry
to the limit; to the fullest extent; absolutely the limit; one cup after another; cup by cup
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to set (sun); to become dark
niddle-noddle; nid-nod; nodding off
to row a boat; to nod off; to doze off
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
to be dispirited; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to lose heart
convenience; accommodation; advantage; benefit; expediency
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
lack of self-reliance; depending on others
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
swallow's nest; swift's nest (used to make bird's nest soup)