ignorance; innocence; stupidity
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
(inflected) end of a word; end of a sentence
waiting (e.g. at the stage door) for performers or celebrities to exit
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
surprisingly; stunningly; astonishingly; wonderfully
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
goodbye; so long; saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; farewell (performance, party, etc.); final
source of electricity; electrical power; power (button on TV, etc.)
program (e.g. TV); programme
tie up; bind; sum; total amount; judo choking (strangling) techniques; last meal eaten when going restaurant hopping; completion
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
long; drawn-out; very long
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
weeping; sobbing; softly (crying); with a prolonged dull pain; having a griping pain
verbal gaffe; verbal slip; slip of the tongue; using improper words
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to comfort; to console; to amuse
scene; spectacle; sight; view
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
machine parts; machinery; equipment
to move; to put elsewhere; to tidy; to put in order
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything