tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice
(committee) chairman; president
blunder; bungle; clumsiness
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
personal identification number; PIN; password number
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
cancellation; rescinding; release; calling off; lifting (sanctions); delisting
understood; I see; OK; present; here
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
to gradually disappear; to be vanishing
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
to become calm; to die down
stillness; silence; hush; calm; serenity
to break the silence; to break one's silence
intruder; invader; trespasser; raider
eloquence or flattery designed to deceive
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
elevator; lift; elevator (aviation)
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up straight; to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
hair style; coiffure; hairdo
bed hair; hair disarranged during sleep; habit of moving around in one's sleep; sleeping habit
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
mischievous child; scamp; rascal; elf; imp
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
to avoid; to refrain from; to shun; to detest
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
child; boy; (arch.) I; (arch.) me