single word; a few words; brief comment
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
capable of anything; liable to do
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
father's side of family; paternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)
grounding (in a skill or subject); knowledge; training; achievements; attainments; accomplishments
seeing through; fluoroscopy; roentgenoscopy; clairvoyance; seeing through (objects)
to have two things (at the same time) (e.g. good and bad points); to also have something (in addition to something else)
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
mixed (e.g. team, chorus)
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
at that time; in those days
affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
telecommunications; correspondence
to spend time (on doing something)
waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
advocate (of a theory or principle); ideologist; -ist (i.e. adherent to a belief system); (arch.) socialist; (arch.) communist
in terms of; from the point of view of
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick
to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
to become empty; to be emptied
bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial