instrumental duet; instrumental duo
steady; honest; sober; straightforward
New Year's gift (usu. money given to a child by relatives and visitors)
the preceding year; the previous year; last year
charging (electrically); electrification
clearing one's throat; cough
one's frame of mind; way one looks at things
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
sympathy; empathy; response
explanation; excuse; clarification; vindication; apology
retrogression; degeneration; deterioration
serious; not joking; straight
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
not only ... but (also); as well as ...
disadvantage; drawback; demerit; bad point; minus
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
dimness; obscurity; indistinctness; unclear; unintelligible
multiple choice (e.g. question)
future; possible; potential; prospective
all the questions (in an exam, quiz, etc.)
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
setting a question (for an exam, quiz, etc.); setting a theme (for composition of poetry)
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
very good luck; excellent fortune
lifetime supply; lifetime's worth (of something)
full up; to have had enough of something (both good and bad nuance)
carving; engraving; sculpture; tattoo
being elected; being selected (to win a prize, etc.); winning (in a lottery, raffle, etc.)
safe; in (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); all right; OK
daily update; updating daily
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
attaching (documents, etc.); appending; affixing
clear writing; specification
manager; landlord; warden; root (user)