I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
state of emergency; emergency; crisis
straight; straightforward; direct; neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee); entering university directly from high school; fast ball
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
to plan; to plot; to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder); to undertake (e.g. business); (arch.) to stand on tip-toes
to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing
convenient; handy; useful
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
double-edged; double-edged blade
restoration; repair; mending
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
coward; namby-pamby; wimp; weak-kneed person; spineless person
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
riskiness; (level of) danger
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
feeling; sense; impression
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
to boost; to force up; to push up
with all due respect; if I may make bold to ask
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation; dramatization; embellishment; exaggeration
excess; surplus; superabundance
subjectivity; subject (philosophical); ego; one's personal opinion; one's own idea
to be grounded on; to be based on; to be due to; to originate from
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
innumerable; countless; numberless
even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed