hard; tough; hardware; hard disk
to shake; to sway; to waver
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
to fall onto; to happen; to befall
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)
business that exploits its employees (e.g. through unpaid overtime)
how many years; how long; what year
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
sultry; sweltering; stuffy; uncomfortably hot-looking (clothing, etc.); stuffy-looking
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
quarrel; feud; wrangling; snarling (at each other)
to be helpful; to be useful
advice; counsel; suggestion; tip; hint
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
interview (i.e. television, newspaper, etc.)
illustrated (with photographs)
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
person with a lot of experience; old hand; veteran (in a particular field)
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
to fray one's nerves; to wear out one's nerves; to frazzle one's nerves; to be a nervous wreck
being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image (in film and TV)
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
indication; expression; display; displaying; representation; (copyright) attribution
to begin to write; to begin writing; to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
to send (something unsolicited); to send without the receiver's request
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people