to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
nonchalantly; calmly; as if nothing happened
money order; draft; exchange (e.g. foreign)
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
(inner) bottom of a pot; lingering recession
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
to boil down; to concentrate (soup, milk, stock, etc.); to reach a conclusion; to conclude a discussion
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
tedious; boring; being fed up with
cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
stereotyped; patterned; typical
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
main question; real issue at hand
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
one may well say so, but ...; even more than
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
writing; composition; essay; sentence
exactly as stated; verbatim
smoky; awkward; ill at ease
to break through (e.g. one's doubts); to become unbound by (e.g. the past); to allay (e.g. anger); to burst (e.g. a boil)
deep emotion; strong feelings
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up
custom; convention; common practice; (arch.) becoming accustomed (to)
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
good old; good old-fashioned
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
oral instruction; passing information by word-of-mouth; oral tradition
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
to collect; to gather; to compile; to arrange; to settle