good material; valuable data; positive factor (for the stock market); good news
sputtering; smoldering; repeated thrusting into something (sword, needle, etc.); pricking repeatedly
resembling closely; being strikingly similar; bearing a strong likeness
to get slightly dirty (all over)
to be petrified; to be unable to move; to be paralyzed (with horror); to be stupefied (with amazement)
guide; tour guide; conductor; guidebook
agreement; concurrence; conformance; compliance
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
to advance to the next stage (e.g. in a tournament)
just because; even if; even though
extensive; vast range; wide scope
modus operandi; criminal technique; trick
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
mixed race; mixed parentage
fluent (in a language); flowing
plastic wrap; cling film; cling wrap; to wrap in plastic wrap
sense of values; values; value system
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)
talented; gifted; prodigious; virtuoso; masterful
latter period; second half; late stage; third trimester; second semester
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
antipodes; other (opposite) extreme; opposite; antithesis
New Year's Eve; December 31
unique flavor (flavour); (degree of) flavouring; distinctive quality; special charm
sending (esp. email attachments); forwarding; remitting