vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
thin (e.g. air); diluted; sparse; lacking (e.g. empathy); deficient; insufficient (e.g. zeal)
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture; picture-perfect; picturesque
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
breaking off; snapping off
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
rest; break; recess; intermission
heavy labor; heavy labour; hard work; hard labor (in prison); hard labour
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
out of one's line; out of one's field
tiring easily; easy to tire
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
anything and everything; just about everything
all; wholly; entirely; completely; without exception
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
relatively; comparatively
likability; favorability; popularity
simply; merely; only; solely
to state; to express; to mention
feeling sick; feeling queasy; feeling nauseated; being angry; being offended; being disgusted
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
innocent; naive; unsophisticated; birth-
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
to offer (put up) resistance
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
mock exam; practice exam; practice test