to chase; to run after; to pursue
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
qualitative difference; disparity; gap
if I (we, etc.) could; if one were to ... then ... (an unpleasant thing would happen)
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
way out; means to escape; escape route
speech; address; curtain speech; prologue; way of speaking; manner of speech
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end
self-hatred; self-abhorrence; self-loathing
to hand (over); to deliver in person
musical instrument store; music shop
cheap article; poor-quality article
minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole
atonement (for one's sins); expiation; making amends; making up for (a misdeed)
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
strong pressure; heavy pressure
to withstand; to be able to endure
to throw at; to turn; to raise
memo book; memo pad; notebook; notepad; scratchpad; scratch pad
entry (in a form, register, diary, etc.); filling in; filling out
evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)
full ripeness; full maturity
overheating; excessive heating; superheating (heating a liquid above its boiling point without causing it to boil); going to excess; running too hot
uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable
to feel shy; to be bashful; to blush
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
both ends; either end; both edges; double-mindedness; sitting on the fence
to point upward; to look upward; to improve
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice