snake; serpent; large snake
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
sudden brake; coming to a sudden stop
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
to be away from home; to be out of the house
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
together with; same; both; all; including ...
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
speaking inarticulately (slurring, lisping, etc.)
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
to tilt (esp. head); to lean; to incline; to slant
fruitless effort; wasted effort; abortive scheme; futility
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
point of a spear; spearhead; focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.); aim; force (of an argument); edge
at once; immediately; right now
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
interruption; interference; butting in
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
wooden house; frame house (building)
frame (i.e. of a sliding door); crosspiece; bar; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); rung (of a ladder)
to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling
slovenly; loose; sluttish; slatternly; untidy; undisciplined
to express (in words); to confess