specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
deadline; closing; cofferdam; closed (door, window, etc.)
to kick the bucket; to drop dead; to die; to be pooped; to be exhausted; to be knackered
stamp; seal; seal impression; seal; mudra (symbolic hand gesture); ninja hand sign
decisive blow; game-winning hit (e.g. in baseball)
clear-cut and straightforward; (of a person) forward-thinking; honest; upright
to fall into ruin; to be desolated
triangle (musical instrument); triangle (shape)
underground spring; Hades; hell; underworld
compromise; mutual concessions; give-and-take
to value; to prize; to esteem; to respect
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
to tear up and throw away
quietly; calmly; comfortably; peacefully
to catch one's attention; to catch one's ear; to be annoying to one's ear
fence; hedge; barrier; wall; railing
questioner; interrogator; interpellator
for dear life; barely escaping alive
leaving something where it is; abandoning something
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
unable to resist; unable to suppress
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
facial gesture of pulling one's eyelid down and sticking out one's tongue
presence; sitting with; being with
new employee; freshman employee; new hire
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
peace; tranquility; tranquillity; (arch.) happy-go-lucky
to divide in two; to divide in half; to apportion; to divide among; to portion out
to fight; to exchange blows
for some reason or other; somehow; whatsitsname; what-you-call-it; and so on; and you know the rest
microorganisms; saprophyte; saprophytic bacteria
peafowl (incl. the male peacock, female peahen, and young peachick)
long-established; old-established; traditional
set of problems (e.g. in a textbook) in which previously learned skills are applied to real world situations; practical assessment