corridor; hallway; passageway
to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
to contract (a disease); to suffer from
to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop
to dig up; to unearth; to uncover
straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
witnessing; observing; sighting
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
pursuing liability; finding out who is at fault; trying to pin the blame on someone
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
declaration; statement; proclamation
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
to drop like a rock (e.g. of reputation, power, influence); to go down the toilet
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall