wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
(listed in) no particular order; arbitrary order; random order
to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
logical connection; chain of reasoning; coherence; blood vessel
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
to name; to call; to christen; to term
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
naming (esp. of a commercial product or company); branding
criticism; critique; review; commentary
distinction; differentiation; classification
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
index finger; forefinger; second toe
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
blank space (in documents); vacuum; blank; void
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
last week; the week before
gap; break; pause; interval; cut; incision
supplementary explanation
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
to find fault (with); to cavil (at); to carp (about); to throw a wet blanket (on); to throw cold water (on); to jinx
matter of life or death; life-and-death problem
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
learned society; scientific society; academy; academic meeting; academic conference
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out