branch road; branch path; fork road
to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on
being average (capacity, looks) (as good as anyone); mediocrity
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
not worth mentioning (with neg. verb); nothing special
to be prominent; to be conspicuous
production (e.g. play); direction
dark red; dark brown; reddish brown
spots; speckles; mottles; speckled; spotted
surely (not); certainly (not)
bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost
to underrate; to make light of
to be worried about; to be concerned for someone's welfare
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
uninhabited area; acting inhumanly; inhuman person; nonhuman life (usu. sentient)
hemoptysis; coughing up blood; lung hemorrhage (haemorrhage)
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
to clatter; to flap (noisily); to rattle; to walk around being unable to settle down
spine; backbone; spinal column
to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off
withdrawal symptoms; abstinence syndrome
to writhe (in pain); to be in agony; to be anguished; to be agonized; to be troubled
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
to stand up straight; to stand on end (e.g. of hair); to have the creeps
to come back (to); to return to a starting point
to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one
(looking) over the top of one's glasses; (looking) through a pair of glasses
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together
a particular; a certain; that kind of; such a
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
incorrect collating; pages out of order
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
writing; composition; essay; sentence