vacant house; unoccupied house
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
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)
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
first thing in the morning
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
achievement; feat; meritorious deed; distinguished service
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
uncool; unsophisticated; unfashionable; out of fashion; tacky
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
to compose; to put together
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
to project; to show; to portray; to depict; to describe
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
(not) so much; (not) that much
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
coexistence; living together; symbiosis; paragenesis
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
human power; human strength; human effort; human agency
to hold down; to twist someone's arm; to force (someone) to yield (e.g. an argument); to make (someone) surrender
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering