begging for one's life; pleading for one's life
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
secret (method, trick, etc.); key (e.g. to success); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.); recipe; trick
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly
to differ; to vary; to disagree
to make progress; to develop; to evolve (method, style, etc.)
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
specialization; specialisation; differentiation
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
metre; meter; meter; gauge
intelligence operative; spy
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift
tool; implement; means; furniture
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
pinch; crisis; tough spot; clothespin
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
central part; heart (of a city)
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit
complicated and mysterious
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
puzzle ring; wire puzzle; exercise where students link crossed hands in a circle and try working together and without letting go
to be crushed; to be squashed (flat); to be discouraged
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game