genius; prodigy; natural gift
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
communication with the dead
department; section; course (of study); branch of study; (taxonomical) family
(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)
property; fortune; means; assets
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney
temporary transfer (of an employee); secondment; relocation; proceeding to; leaving for
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
temporary; transient; trifling; slight; negligent
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
wholly (due to); entirely; solely; earnestly; intently; sincerely
(present) head of a family
special directive; special order; special mission; special appointment
unsuited; inappropriate; improper; undeserved
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
feeling ashamed; feeling of one's inferiority
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
to run up onto (e.g. sidewalk); to run aground; to be stranded
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
high-definition television; HDTV
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open; opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access
junction; crossroads; division point; parting of ways