centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
explanation; interpretation
to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
unevenness; roughness; ruggedness; inequality; imbalance; unevenness
inside; interior; inner part
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
footprints; record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
a verse (e.g. in the Bible); stanza; paragraph; passage; a joint; section
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to squash; to crush; to flatten
crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
grave; sad; mournful; sorrowful; pensive
expression; look; countenance; face
coming and going; recurring (esp. thoughts)
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly