unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
taking a picture; taking an image; imaging
one's possessions; ownership
artificial satellite; man-made satellite
to be able to do; to be capable of doing
sacred precincts; sanctuary; consecrated ground; issue that is regarded as being off-limits; matter that is not up for discussion
plus; addition; positive number; gain; advantage; anode
aging; wearing out; deterioration
(kicking and) struggling; wriggling; floundering; to get into a panic; to make a fuss; to make a scene
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
visual hallucination; vision
inscrutable stratagem; ingenious scheme
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
unobstructed view; perspective; forecast; outlook; insight; foresight
beehive; hive; something full of holes; (fig.) Swiss cheese; honeycomb tripe; wall of a cow's second stomach
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
utensil; appliance; furniture
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
steel; steal (baseball, basketball); still (picture)
maze; labyrinth; inner ear
to walk noisily; to walk loudly
hollow; cavity; dent; depression
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)
to hold one's breath; to catch one's breath
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide
attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment
sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
sticky; thick (e.g. thickly plastered); ikky; to stick closely
a find; windfall; bargain
ideally; if one were to wish for more
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
(of a couple) fighting and splitting up