crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby
to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
eyeball; special feature; centerpiece; special program; loss leader; sunny-side up fried egg
three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.); cutting a fish into two boneless fillets and a piece with the skeleton
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot
to take a breath; to take a short rest
to look around; to survey
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
with a clink (click, clack)
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
hypocrite; dissembler; wolf in sheep's clothing; fox in a lamb's skin
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded
limits; boundary; domain; area (e.g. in programming languages)
good prospects; full of hope; promising
renewal; update; innovation; improvement
only recently; just of late
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
function; facility; faculty; feature
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
credibility; authenticity; confidence; reliability
how many people; a number of people
what time; (lit.) which hour