in bad taste; vulgar; tasteless
provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
special; particular; peculiar; unique
colour; color; hue; tints
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
body odor; body odour; personal odor; personal odour; characteristic (of someone)
to be flabbergasted; to be dumbfounded
place; room; margin; scope
portrait photo; mug shot; face shot; photograph of a person's face
dictaphone; dictation system
shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted
to smell sweet; to be fragrant
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
to stub out (e.g. a cigarette); to crush out; to smother (fire); to hush up; to cover up; to stifle
to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain
in either case (used specifically in the instance of two possible outcomes or situations); either way; one way or another
schedule; program; programme; agenda
decision; settlement; definition
end; close; finish; end of play (in go)
twenty-first day of the month; twenty-one days
enforcement; implementation; putting into practice; carrying out; operation; working (e.g. working parameters)
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
estimate (of costs); budget
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
model (of machine, device); model of aircraft; type of aircraft
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
without exaggeration; truthful; factual
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to boil; to be boiling hot; to be on a rolling boil
making a show of one's faults