weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection (e.g. natural selection)
cleaning up; sweeping up; mopping up
to encourage (someone); to cheer (someone) up; to give someone a charge; to empower
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
light clothing; dressing light; light equipment; light armaments
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
small mercy (from some misfortune); silver lining of a dark cloud; consolation in sadness; blessing in disguise
worry; care; concern; ennui; boredom
without; unless; have to do
frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise
living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet
sensitivity; sensitiveness; sense (of ...)
rumor of a romance (rumour)
separate room; another room; special room; (arch.) concubine (of a noble)
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
need; want; necessity; costs; expenses
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
to be sorry; to beg pardon; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be filled with awe; to be disconcerted
soft tennis; tennis played with soft rubber balls instead of hard yellow balls
oral examination; interview
being amazed; being horrified; being taken aback
self-centered; self-centred; selfish
lack; absence; shortage; deficiency; privation
any- (e.g. anything, anywhere, anyone); -ever (e.g. whatever, wherever, whenever); even (if it's just ...); at least; either ... or ...
in any way; to some extent; even if only a little
unbecoming; improper; unsuitable; ill-matched; unworthy of
imbalance; disproportion; disparity; mismatch; asymmetry
sensible; sensuous; intuitive
magnificent spectacle; thrilling sight; grand view
pair; couple; contraposition
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
intelligent; wise; sagacious; smart-alecky; cheeky
clever; shrewd; crafty; cunning; pretentious; impertinent
(an) if (e.g. in history)
six; sixth (interval, chord)
was just in; just left; just did