the three character styles: square and semicursive and grass
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
exposure by washing away; washing out; exposed aggregate (finish); exposed aggregate concrete; revealing the grain of cedar boards by washing and scrubbing; finding out (after an extensive search or investigation)
gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over
two places; two spots; two locations; two parts; two passages
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
both extremities; North and South Poles; positive and negative poles
South Pole; the Antarctic; Antarctica
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
health management; health maintenance; health care
home position; origin; usual place (for something)
falling over; toppling sideways
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
plus; addition; positive number; gain; advantage; anode
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
disdain; contempt; scorn; abhorrence
physical condition; state of health
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick
beyond; across; the other side; the distance
the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
how; in what way; in what manner
number of long thin objects (movies, TV programs, baseball games, etc.) (programmes)
satellite in geosynchronous orbit
these guys; these fellows
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without
middle-distance (races); intermediate-range (missile)
division (distribution) of roles; role-sharing
hound; hunting dog; gun dog
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
pole; climax; extreme; extremity
Arctic Circle; the Arctic