odious; hateful; awful; horrid; revolting
copy; duplicate; facsimile; transcript
one animal (small); (arch.) two-tan bolt of cloth
freezing (e.g. water); freezing (prices, wages, assets, etc.); moratorium; suspension (e.g. investment)
to dry up; to parch; to ebb away
water plant; aquatic plant; waterweed; hydrophyte
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
to sniff out; to get wind of
face; honour; honor; appearance; look
to stir; to churn; to rummage around; to throw into confusion; to throw into chaos
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
looking on (somebody) as hostile
sensible; perceptive; quick to understand; understanding; sympathetic
to be prolonged; to drag on
reinforcement (e.g. of troops)
to be seething (with anger); to be frenzied; to be menacing; to be murderous
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
cruelty; hard-heartedness
birth date; date of birth; DOB
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
radio (communication); wireless; not using wires
holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail
place that is cool in the summer; place one goes to escape the heat of summer; summer retreat
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
acceleration; speeding up
to fall over; to fall down; to fall; to flop (e.g. of a play); to be a flop
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
relief; embossed carving; bringing to the fore; throwing something into relief
to project; to stick out; to stand out
to tremble violently; to shudder up; to shake
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at