affection (esp. parental); love; fondness
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
failure; mistake; blunder
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; ball hit through net (in tennis)
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
ten; 10; ten years of age
second (party to an agreement); the B party (e.g. in a contract); stylish; chic; strange; quaint
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image (in film and TV)
results; record; grades; marks
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
head of the student council; president of the student council
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
very popular; highly favoured
dozens; scores of; decades
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
not caring; not giving a damn
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)