the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
handful; small amount; small number
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place
rather; better; instead; if anything
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
same; similar; (just) like; equal
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
to be helpful; to be useful
convenient; handy; useful
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
deterioration; degradation; drop in quality; becoming unattractive (because of aging)
edition; version; plate; block; editions of a publication
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
valuable article; valuables
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
evaluation meeting; postmortem session; review meeting
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
reconstruction; reorganization; reorganisation; reconstitution; reconfiguration
that is to say; so that means
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight