ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
narrow; thin (sized); slender
muscular; lean (of a company's operations, etc.)
landlord; landlady; house owner; home owner; head of the household
rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts
massing (of troops); gathering
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
Christmas Eve; holy night
question; inquiry; enquiry
simplicity; convenience; easiness; quasi-
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
ceremony held at the end of a school term; end-of-term ceremony
pure; clean; untouched; innocent
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
sexual act; sexual intercourse
national holiday; public holiday
weekend; Saturday and Sunday
fifth day of the month; five days
three-day weekend; long weekend; three holidays in a row
impure; adulterated; foul; mixed; dishonest
to spur (on); to expedite; to encourage
before one's eyes; under one's nose; immediate (e.g. interests); present; foresight; near future
pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires
self-evident truth; obvious fact; truism; axiom
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
rising to action; standing up against; jumping to one's feet
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other