serious; severe; grave; acute
expression; look; countenance; face
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
concealment; suppression; hiding
site; point on a map; spot
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
one clap; one beat; one mora (taken as a unit of time)
suddenly; all of a sudden
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon
to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part
suicidal tendency; suicidal wish
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson
drainage; ditch; gutter; sewage; black water
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
fortitude; perseverance; stoicism; patience
fully armed; armed to the teeth
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
disadvantageous; long (odds)
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
to stir up; to poke (the fire); to beat (an egg); to arouse (interest, feelings, etc.); to stir; to stoke
marsh; swamp; wetland; being hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to seduce
dark night; moonless night