vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
with a friendly grin; smilingly
examination of tickets; ticket gate; ticket barrier
stairs; stairway; staircase
to be petrified; to be unable to move; to be paralyzed (with horror); to be stupefied (with amazement)
best; extra-fine; superfine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; by far
your (visual) observation
to make something bright; to shine; to polish
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
to torment; to torture; to harass
eternal; everlasting; unchangeable; invariant
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
surroundings; circumference
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
(a) grain; (a) drop; (a) bead
tall and thin; long and thin; lanky; spindly; gangly
surrounding at a distance
notches; serration; indentation; notched; serrated; jagged
protrusion; projection; hors d'oeuvre; appetizer; frontal thrust out (winning technique); pushing one's opponent out of the ring
channel (e.g. between two land masses); strait
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory
unladylike; unbecoming; immodest; unthinkable; impossible; ridiculous
celestial sphere; the heavens
panorama; panoramic painting
gaudy; loud; garish; intense; harsh; extreme
pink; erotic (usually used in relation to the sex industry); blue; pornographic
tall, lanky person; bean pole; tall and thin; tall and lanky
bat (in baseball, cricket, etc.)
stick; piece of wood; billet; piece of a broken pole