cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...
stale; hackneyed; cliched
source of electricity; electrical power; power (button on TV, etc.)
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
to read thoroughly; to read repeatedly; to express (e.g. emotion in poetry); to read (extra meaning) into (something); to fetch (e.g. CPU inst.); to read (data into a system)
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
four times; four colour process printing (color); CMYK printing
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
shifting (the burden) onto; ill effects; negative consequences; burden
cancellation; rescinding; release; calling off; lifting (sanctions); delisting
safety zone; buffer (e.g. against defeat)
to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off
to fall below (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to be less than; to be lower than; to fall just short of; to be just under
range (of a rifle, missile, etc.)
(being) within range (radio, commuting, etc.); (being) within the sphere (e.g. of influence)
unreliable; undependable; untrustworthy; not to be counted on
gradually; slowly but steadily
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
risky; dangerous; suggestive; bordering on the obscene; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) harsh
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
bad influence; negative influence
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to look at (something) from another perspective; to put it the other way round; to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time
essential part; indispensable part; unavoidable part; front and back matter (of a book, magazine, etc.)
charging (electrically); electrification
everywhere; all over; throughout
from the beginning; from scratch
northern part; the north (of a region)
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance