half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%
to gain experience; to get accustomed (with something)
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
genuine article; real thing; real deal
thirst for blood; bloodlust; determination to kill
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
driving; pounding in; falling badly in love; putting (one's heart) into; step recording (in electronic or computer music)
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to stagger; to stumble; to totter; to misconduct oneself; to have a love affair; to waver
to put back up; to stand back up; to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
before it becomes (verb); before (an undesirable thing occurs)
one by one; one after another; successively
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
cut; clip; shear; reap; trim; prune
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
to surge (water or waves)
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
sea level; (surface of) sea
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
next; following; subsequent; stage; station