shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
brilliance; polish; lustre; luster; glossy finish (of photographs)
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
sole (of a shoe); sole (fish)
to be worn down; to be reduced
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
individuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy; character; individual characteristic
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
to wear away; to rub down; to abrade
still; even now; to this day
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
seasoning; flavoring; flavouring; addition; inclusion; taking into account
type of occupation; occupational category
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
here and there; little by little; sporadically; dots; spots
to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
attendance; presence; appearance
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
materials; data; document
use; utilization; utilisation; application
intelligence gathering; information gathering
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
thought; consideration; thinking
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
refutation; rebuttal; retort
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
favorite; favourite; habitually used
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous