long sentence; long piece of writing (e.g. passage, letter, article, telegram)
backing paper (for a photo, painting, etc.); mat; mount
too large (clothing); baggy; bulging; warping; parp; toot
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
plastic bag; polyethylene bag
I appreciate your efforts
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
volume retailer; mass marketer; emporium
being startled; getting a shock
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
to be taken for granted; to be generally accepted; to be the established wisdom; to be the (social) convention; to be the customary thing to do
to step forward; to take a step forward
to need; to demand; to take; to require
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
row of houses; every house; each house; all; totally
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
inside a car (train, bus, etc.)
examination of tickets; ticket gate; ticket barrier
to rendezvous; to meet at a prearranged place and time; to arrange to meet
to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)
depressed; bummed out; down; heavy-hearted; heavy-spirited; feeling reluctant (to do)
meeting place; rendezvous (point); roll-call (assembly) point; appointed (designated) place
to expose; to lay open (e.g. secret); to take apart; to disassemble; to kill; to murder; to dress (meat)
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
we'll cross that bridge when we get there; we'll think about it when the time comes
to be lost in deep thought; to be deeply immersed in thought
announcement (esp. over public-address system); official announcement; formal information release
ticket barrier; ticket gate; wicket