to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
one animal (small); (arch.) two-tan bolt of cloth
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
audience; spectator; spectators
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
source of funds; resources; finances
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
going up and down; ascent and descent; climb and descent
rope; cord; policeman's rope
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to surge; to well up; to gush out
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
to wet; to moisten; to dampen; to soak; to dip
to sprinkle over (e.g. salt, pepper, etc. on food)
full particulars; the whole story; from beginning to end
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
distinctly (standing out); clearly; in sharp relief; boldly
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
convenient; handy; useful
slowly and quietly; smoothly
to push aside; to push one's way through
advanced level; high grade; senior
congestion; crush; crowding; confusion; disorder
affliction; hardship; difficulty; suffering; trouble
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
advance; moving forward; progress
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
unintelligible language; incoherent language; talking nonsense; "all Greek to me"; double Dutch; (something) incomprehensible
spell; charm; incantation; magic word
smell (esp. a good smell); fragrance; scent; aroma; perfume
to smoke (e.g. fire); to billow smoke; to smoulder; to be hazy; to look dim
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
affable; amiable; sociable; agreeable