position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
in the meanwhile; during the time
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
natural; reasonable; understandable
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
to intervene; to stop (something)
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
memories; recollections; reminiscence
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
consideration; taking into account
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
something wrong; accident; change; abnormality; aberration
for example; for instance; e.g.
subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
to strain; to stretch; to string up; to cover over (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.)
assertion; declaration; affirmation
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
surroundings; environs; circumference
go that far; to that extent
white heat; incandescence; becoming excited; getting heated (e.g. of a discussion); reaching a climax
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember