front; frontage; facade; main
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
out of focus; off the point
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
clear; distinct; evident; definite
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
set meal; special (of the day)
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
with these words; while saying
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
commuter pass container; holder for a season ticket
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
lightly (floating); buoyantly; puffing (on a pipe, cigarette, etc.); tooting (a trumpet, horn, etc.); blowing (a flute, whistle)
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)