ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
profound; deep; grave; solid; dignified; stately
escape; flight; breakout; fleeing; desertion
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
how many years; how long; what year
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit
to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
to run up (a hill, stairs etc.); to dash up; to rush up
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
flute; fife; pipe; whistle
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to sniff out; to get wind of
first offence; first offense; first offender
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
mark; symbol; to mark; to put a mark on; trademark; paying attention to; focusing on
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
savings box; moneybox; piggy bank
on the road; on the street; in the street; on the way
decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
whichever one chooses; either way
hitting the target; striking home; proving to be right; coming true; being on the mark
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
hard struggle; strenuous effort
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted
to cling to; to stick to; to lie flat (e.g. on the ground)
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
bulky; massive; thick; heavy
to mishear; to hear wrongly; to misunderstand
at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove
subterranean rumbling; earth tremor
shackles; fetters; irons; bonds (e.g. family); ties; binding relationship