comfort; consolation; diversion
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
the ocean; the great deep
mark (for quick identification or recognition); sign; landmark; guide; (arch.) trademark
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
to maintain; to continue to have
describing; comparing; form; figure; personal appearance; one's face and figure
offensive smell; off-flavor; off-flavour
to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
fault; defect; minor; 5-point card
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
healing; soothing; therapy; comfort; solace
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
free; unrestricted; (with) complete mastery; completely in control
to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about
semi-transparent; translucent
and (also); both ... and; as well as
rotary wing (aircraft); rotor
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
minidisc; MD; missile defense; MD; magnetic disk; MD
in the belly; in one's heart of hearts
migratory bird; bird of passage
such ... as; or some such
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem
to entrust; to leave to a person
pride of place; most prominent; top-ranking